5.0% —
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Esperance · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Esperance
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people use public transport in Esperance than in most similar areas. While the town has a high number of bus stops, very few residents rely on them for their daily travel, with the vast majority depending on private cars.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Esperance have at least one car, and 39% have two. Only 5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure and barely changed since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Esperance, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost 70% of workers drive themselves to work. Very few people use public transport for their commute (0.8%), and the 5.6% who work from home is far below the national figure of 21%.
5.6% —
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% —
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Esperance has 119 public transport stops, which is among the largest number for its level and far above the state average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian figure.
119
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.91
Higher than 87% 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).
157.4
Lower than 77% 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 to the nearest public transport stop takes an average of 82 minutes, which is among the highest times for similar areas.
82
Higher than 99% 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.
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).
More for Esperance
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Esperance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/511011274/esperance/topic/transport