2.2% ▼ -50.9%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Plantagenet · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Plantagenet
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Plantagenet has a car, with only 2.2% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, reflecting a strong reliance on private transport in a region where public options are very limited.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high, with 37.9% of homes owning two vehicles and another 32% having three or more. The proportion of homes without a car has fallen since 2011, making it among the lowest in the country.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Plantagenet, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 60% of residents. While 14.6% of people work from home—well above the Western Australian figure—only 0.5% use public transport, which is much lower than most areas.
14.6% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -33.6%
Lower than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 sparse, with just 5 bus stops and 2 routes across the area. This results in only 12.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state average.
5
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.93
Lower than 72% 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).
12.6
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).
2
Lower than 67% 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 a transit stop can be difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest one takes 26 minutes. This is higher than in most other areas.
26
Higher than 60% 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 Plantagenet
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Plantagenet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57210/plantagenet/topic/transport