6.3% ▼ -23.0%
Higher than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Shark Bay · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Shark Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes are without a car in Shark Bay than in 2011, though most people still rely on private transport. The area has very little public transport, with almost no one using it to get to work. Most residents either drive or walk to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the Western Australian figure and higher than most similar areas. However, this is 1.9 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Shark Bay, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.6% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure well below the state average. Working from home is also far below the national figure at 6.5%, though this has risen since 2011.
6.5% ▲ +32.0%
Lower than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -53.2%
Lower than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 almost non-existent here, with no routes or stops recorded. This means the area has far fewer departures per person than the Western Australian average.
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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Shark Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57770/shark-bay/topic/transport