3.3% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wanneroo · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Wanneroo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 65% of working residents in Wanneroo commute by driving, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars. Very few households go without a vehicle, and the area generally has more transport options than most similar regions.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.3% of homes in Wanneroo have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 42.2% owning two vehicles and another 23% owning three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wanneroo, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 6.7% of people now work from home—a rise from 3% in 2011—this is far below the Australian figure of 21%. Public transport use for work is about the same as the state and national averages at 3.8%.
6.7% ▲ +122.8%
Lower than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.8% ▼ -16.2%
Higher than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 3.8%
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.
Wanneroo has 1,010 public transport stops and 40 routes, making it larger than about 84% of similar areas. This supports a high number of weekly departures per 1,000 people, though the network is almost entirely buses.
1,010
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.83
Higher than 70% 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).
1,485.6
Higher than 86% 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).
40
Higher than 84% 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.
The typical drive time to the city is 34 minutes, which is lower than in most other similar areas.
34
Lower than 60% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Wanneroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA58760/wanneroo/topic/transport