4.6% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 64% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
West Coast · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in West Coast
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Just 0.3% of workers use public transport in West Coast, making it one of the least reliant on transit areas in the country. This remote region depends heavily on private cars for travel, with very few residents working from home compared to the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and only 4.6% have none. This is a little below the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%, and the number of carless homes has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →West Coast splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 65.9% of people as the driver. Very few people use public transport to commute, and at 8.5%, those working from home are far below the Australian figure of 21%.
8.5% ▲ +18.2%
Lower than 80% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -46.8%
Lower than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 3 routes and 48 stops across the region. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure, and all available services are buses.
48
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.69
Lower than 78% 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).
29.9
Lower than 91% 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 West Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/60403/west-coast/topic/transport