3.2% ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wagin · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Wagin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people lack a car in Wagin than across the rest of the country. Most households have multiple vehicles, which is expected given the town is over two hours from the city and has very few public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the Australian average of 7.4%. More than half of all households own two or more cars, with 34.1% owning three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wagin, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 16.8%, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 7.5%. Very few people use public transport for work, at just 1.0%.
16.8% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Public transport is very limited, with only 9 stops and 3 routes serving the area. This means there are only 21 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state figure of 1,623.
9
Lower than 82% 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).
21.0
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).
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.
Getting around is dominated by private cars, especially as the drive time to the city is 124 minutes, among the highest for areas at this level.
124
Higher than 93% 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 Wagin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/509031250/wagin/topic/transport