4.2% —
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Geraldton - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Geraldton - East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people rely on public transport in Geraldton - East than in most similar areas. The vast majority of residents depend on private cars for their daily travel, with only 1.1% of workers using public transit to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 37.3% having two and 16.3% having three. Only 4.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that fell 2.3 percentage points since 2016 and is well below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Geraldton - East, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the dominant way to get to work, used by 75.6% of people as either a driver or passenger. Very few people work from home at 4.3%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
4.3% —
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% —
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 limited and consist entirely of buses. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Western Australian figure, and the area has only 5 routes and 35 stops.
35
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.47
Higher than 53% 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).
211.5
Lower than 74% 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).
5
Lower than 64% 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.
Walking to public transport is difficult in this area, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 88 minutes, one of the longest times among similar areas.
88
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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Geraldton - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/511041286/geraldton-east/topic/transport