5.0% ▲ +7.2%
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pingelly · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Pingelly
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 112-minute drive to the city makes Pingelly a very remote place for commuters. Most households rely heavily on cars, though a notable number of residents now work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home has a car, with 65.7% of households owning either one or two vehicles. Only 5.0% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is about the same as the Western Australian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Pingelly splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (33%) and 2 vehicles (32%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 16.4%, which is well above the state figure. While 53.7% of people drive themselves to work, only 2.0% use public transport, a trend that has barely changed since 2011.
16.4% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 very limited, with only one route and two stops. This means there are only 11.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 1,623.
2
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.93
Lower than 63% 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).
11.6
Lower than 68% 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).
1
Lower than 71% 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 around is dominated by private travel, as the typical drive time to the city is 112 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
112
Higher than 79% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Pingelly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57140/pingelly/topic/transport