McKail - Willyung · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in McKail - Willyung

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Travel habits in McKail - Willyung have remained almost identical since 2011, with very little change in how people get around. Car reliance is extremely high here, as 72.3% of workers drive themselves to work and very few people use other options.

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📍 McKail - Willyung, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have multiple cars, with 40% owning two vehicles and 10.7% owning four or more. Only 4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure.

4.0% ▼ -7.5%

Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 4.4%
  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 4.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In McKail - Willyung, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport is rarely used for work, with just 0.9% of people using it, a figure well below the state average. Working from home is also uncommon at 3.9%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.

3.9% ▲ +20.1%

Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 3.2%
  • 2016: 3.2%
  • 2021: 3.9%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.9% ▼ -9.7%

Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 1.0%
  • 2016: 1.0%
  • 2021: 0.9%

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.

How people get to work

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In McKail - Willyung, Car (driver) is the majority at 85%; Car (passenger) is next at 7%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Access to services is very limited in McKail - Willyung, where there are only two public transport routes. With just 1.85 stops per 1,000 people, this is far below the Western Australian average.

21

Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

1.85

Lower than 80% 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).

101.5

Lower than 81% 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in McKail - Willyung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/509011233/mckail-willyung/topic/transport