3.5% ▼ -51.5%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wongan-Ballidu · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Wongan-Ballidu
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Wongan-Ballidu relies on a car to get around. Only 3.5% of homes lack a motor vehicle, which is much lower than most similar areas. This heavy dependence on private transport is mirrored in the way people travel for work and the fact that the area is far from the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 39.9% owning two and 18.9% owning three. The proportion of households without a vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4% and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wongan-Ballidu, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 59% of people using a car as the driver. While 11.6% of the workforce works from home, only 0.6% use public transport, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 4.7%.
11.6% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▲ +45.1%
Lower than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 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 very limited, consisting of a single bus route with five stops. This results in 9.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure that is far below the state average of 1,623.
5
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.86
Higher than 57% 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).
9.3
Lower than 70% 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.
The area is quite remote, with a drive time to the city of 126 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. Access to transit is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop can take up to 81 minutes.
81
Higher than 97% 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.
126
Higher than 86% 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 Wongan-Ballidu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA59310/wongan-ballidu/topic/transport