14.3% ▲ +21.4%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Yalgoo · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Yalgoo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Yalgoo stands out among similar areas for its unusual mix of transport patterns. While many homes have multiple cars, a striking 14.3% of households have no motor vehicle at all, which is well above the national figure. Most people rely on cars or walking to get to work, though very few work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 14.3% of homes here have no motor vehicle, a figure that rose 2.5 percentage points since 2011 and is much higher than most areas. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is two vehicles, found in 35.7% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Yalgoo splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with No vehicle at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is a common choice for 16.7% of workers, and 6.7% use public transport, which is well above the national figure. However, working from home is very rare here at 3.3%, far below the Australian average of 21%.
3.3% ▼ -54.8%
Lower than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.7% ▼ -60.3%
Higher than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 6.7%
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 8.82 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Western Australian average. Despite this, the service is limited to one bus route and only three stops, with weekly departures far below the state figure.
3
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.82
Higher than 95% 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).
23.5
Lower than 59% 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.
Getting to the nearest transport stop takes a long time here, with a typical walk of 80 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for this purpose among similar areas.
80
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.
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 Yalgoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA59350/yalgoo/topic/transport