3.7% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Waroona · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Waroona
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few changes have occurred in how people travel in Waroona since 2011, with the way residents get to work and the number of cars per home remaining steady. The area is heavily dependent on private cars, with only 3.7% of households lacking a motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Waroona own multiple cars, with 37.6% having two and 17.5% having three. Only 3.7% of households have no vehicle, a figure that is well below the national average of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Waroona, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The vast majority of workers rely on cars, as only 6.7% work from home—a rate far below the Australian figure of 21.0%. Public transport is used by 2.4% of commuters, which is about the same as the national average.
6.7% ▲ +44.6%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.4% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 7 stops and 6 routes serving the area. This results in just 20.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 1,623.0.
7
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.65
Lower than 82% 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).
20.5
Lower than 86% 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).
6
Lower than 57% 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.
Getting around without a car is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 40 minutes. This is much higher than most areas, as is the 70-minute drive time to the city.
40
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
70
Higher than 80% 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 Waroona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/501021016/waroona/topic/transport