4.0% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rockingham · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Rockingham
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Rockingham than in the rest of the country, with only 5.6% doing so. This is a car-reliant area where 63% of workers drive themselves to their jobs. While most households own multiple vehicles, there are surprisingly many public transport stops available across the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least one car, and 40.4% own two. Only 4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Rockingham, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 5.6%. While this figure rose 3.1 percentage points since 2011, 63% of people still drive themselves to work.
5.6% ▲ +122.2%
Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.7% ▼ -23.5%
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 3.7%
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.
Rockingham has a high number of public transport stops, with 684 across the area. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the Western Australian figure.
684
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.04
Higher than 73% 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).
1,247.7
Higher than 83% 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).
23
Higher than 73% 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.
It takes about 52 minutes to drive to the city. Despite the high number of stops, the walk to the nearest one takes 56 minutes, which is much higher than in most areas.
56
Higher than 83% 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.
52
Lower than 51% 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 Rockingham
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Rockingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57490/rockingham/topic/transport