5.0% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Northam · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Northam
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Northam compared to the national figure, with only 6.7% doing so. This gap highlights a heavy reliance on physical workplaces and private travel. Most households here own multiple cars to get around the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Northam have at least one car, and 35.9% own two. Only 5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure and slightly lower than the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Northam splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 66.1% of people commuting as a driver. Only 1% of the workforce uses public transport, a figure that has barely changed since 2011 and sits well below the state average.
6.7% ▲ +18.1%
Lower than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Public transport is limited here, with only 43.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state figure. While there are 30 stops and 7 routes, the system is dominated by buses at 93%.
30
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.64
Lower than 57% 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).
43.1
Lower than 54% 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 nearest stop is a challenge for many, as the typical walk takes 79 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for this level of area.
79
Higher than 96% of council (lga) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
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 Northam
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Northam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA56730/northam/topic/transport