2.3% ▼ -40.6%
Lower than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Quairading · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Quairading
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes without cars and more people working from home have shaped Quairading since 2011. Most households here rely heavily on their own transport, with only 2.3% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This reflects a community where private cars are essential for daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are common, with 35.7% of homes owning two vehicles and 14.1% having four or more. The proportion of homes with no motor vehicle is 2.3%, which is well below the Australian figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Quairading splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 4 or more at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is more common than in most areas, with 14.5% of the workforce doing so. In contrast, no one here commutes by public transport, a figure that is well below the national average of 3.1%.
14.5% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
While there are 6.24 public transport stops per 1,000 people—slightly above the Western Australian figure—actual service is very low. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average, with only bus services available.
6
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.24
Higher than 85% 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).
15.6
Lower than 65% 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 without a car is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 48 minutes. This is much higher than most areas, as is the 140-minute drive time to the city.
48
Higher than 76% 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.
140
Higher than 89% 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 Quairading
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Quairading [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57350/quairading/topic/transport