6.3% —
Higher than 63% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gascoyne · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Gascoyne
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Daily travel in Gascoyne relies heavily on private cars, with very few people working from home. Only 8.5% of the workforce operates from their own residence, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 35.8% owning two and 12.4% owning three. The share of households without a motor vehicle is 6.3%, which is a little above the Western Australian figure of 5.0%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Gascoyne splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of the workforce drives themselves to work, while 12.5% walk. Only 2.2% of people commute using public transport, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
8.5% —
Lower than 80% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% —
Higher than 54% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 2.2%
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.
Public transport is very limited in Gascoyne, with only three routes and 45 stops. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 41.5, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 1,623.0.
45
Lower than 87% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.72
Higher than 56% 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).
41.5
Lower than 88% 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).
3
Lower than 94% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Gascoyne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/51102/gascoyne/topic/transport