6.2% ▼ -23.5%
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wyalkatchem · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Wyalkatchem
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of the workforce in Wyalkatchem drive themselves to work, reflecting a town where cars are essential. With no public transport available and a long drive to the city, residents rely almost entirely on private vehicles to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, though 6.2% of households have no vehicle. This is a little above the Western Australian figure, but the number has fallen by 1.9 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Wyalkatchem splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national and state figures. Instead, 16.3% of workers work from home, a rate that is well above the state average.
16.3% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 16.3%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This puts Wyalkatchem far below the Western Australian average for transit access.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Reaching the city is a significant journey, with a typical drive time of 136 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
136
Higher than 88% 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 Wyalkatchem [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA59330/wyalkatchem/topic/transport