2.5% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Murray · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Murray
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 60% of workers in Murray drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on private cars. This is a region where most households own multiple vehicles and the drive to the city is among the longest in the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home here has a car, with only 2.5% of households without one. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, and most homes own at least two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Murray splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 3 vehicles at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, where 21% do so compared to just 7.3% in Murray. Only 2.2% of workers use public transport to get to their jobs.
7.3% ▲ +19.4%
Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are 115 public transport stops, giving Murray more stops per person than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the Western Australian average.
115
Higher than 63% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.36
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
278.3
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
7
Higher than 50% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is a significant journey, with drive times among the highest for areas at this level, taking around 189 minutes.
189
Higher than 97% of council (lga) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Murray
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Murray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA56230/murray/topic/transport