3.6% —
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Irwin · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Irwin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 19 weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people are available in Irwin, a figure far below the state average. This lack of transit options makes the area heavily dependent on private cars for daily travel. Most households own at least one vehicle to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes lack a car, with only 3.6% having no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. Most households are well equipped, as 37% have two vehicles and 15.3% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Irwin splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Private cars are the primary way to travel, with 58.1% of people driving to work. Very few people use public transport to commute (2.0%), and the 9.1% who work from home is far below the national average.
9.1% —
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% —
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 8 stops and 3 bus routes serving the area. This means there are only 2.17 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the Western Australian average.
8
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.17
Lower than 78% 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).
19.0
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).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Irwin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/511041289/irwin/topic/transport