3.0% ▼ -34.2%
Lower than 88% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Augusta - Margaret River - Busselton · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Augusta - Margaret River - Busselton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 3% of homes in Augusta - Margaret River - Busselton have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This makes the region one of the most car-dependent areas in the country. Most households own multiple cars to get around the large landscape.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 42% of homes owning two vehicles and another 21.5% owning three or more. The proportion of homes without a car has fallen to 3% since 2011, which is much lower than most other areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Augusta - Margaret River - Busselton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to travel, with 61.1% of workers driving themselves to work. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 1.2%, while 10.1% work from home—a figure far below the national average.
10.1% ▲ +37.9%
Lower than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 62% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
While the area has 294 public transport stops and 4 routes, all are bus services. Service levels are low, with weekly departures per 1,000 people far below the Western Australian figure.
294
Higher than 53% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.13
Higher than 65% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
190.7
Lower than 72% of sub-region (sa3) 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).
4
Lower than 92% of sub-region (sa3) 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Augusta - Margaret River - Busselton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50101/augusta-margaret-river-busselton/topic/transport