1.3% ▼ -47.7%
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Capel · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Capel
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer households are without a car in Capel than they were in 2011, with only 1.3% now lacking a vehicle. This highlights a heavy reliance on private transport in an area where the drive to the city takes a very long 146 minutes. Most residents depend on their own cars to get around and reach work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with 40.5% of homes having two vehicles and 32.1% owning three or more. Only 1.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the state figure of 5.0%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Capel, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 65.5% as the driver. Working from home is much less common here than across Australia, at only 8.4%, while just 1.5% use public transport to commute.
8.4% ▲ +13.8%
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▲ +17.3%
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 options are very limited, with only four stops and three bus routes. This results in just 8.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the Western Australian average.
4
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.73
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
8.1
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
3
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Travel is dominated by private cars, as the drive time to the city is among the highest at this level, taking 146 minutes.
146
Higher than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Capel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/501021007/capel/topic/transport