0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sandstone · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Sandstone
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero households without a car makes Sandstone one of the most vehicle-dependent areas in the region. Every single home here has at least one motor vehicle, reflecting a total reliance on private transport for daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have two vehicles (52.5%), and over a fifth of households own four or more. The share of homes with no car has fallen 7.7 percentage points since 2011 to reach 0.0%, which is well below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sandstone, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 4 or more (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one uses public transport to get to work, which is much lower than most areas. Instead, 20.5% of people work from home—a figure far above the state average that has risen 11 percentage points since 2011.
20.5% ▲ +119.9%
Higher than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport is non-existent in Sandstone, with zero stops and zero routes. This lack of access is far below the Western Australian average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Sandstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57630/sandstone/topic/transport