4.7% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 73% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mandurah · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Mandurah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Mandurah relies on a car for daily travel, with just 4.7% of households living without a motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving is mirrored in the way people get to work, as the area sees far fewer people working from home compared to the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own at least two cars, with 36.9% having two and 12.8% having three. The proportion of homes with no vehicle is slightly lower than the Western Australian figure and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Mandurah splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to travel, with 60.5% of workers being the driver. Only 6.4% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
6.4% ▲ +70.7%
Lower than 87% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.5% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 66% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.5%
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.
Mandurah has 6.09 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the Western Australian figure.
656
Lower than 73% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.09
Higher than 87% of region (sa4) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,121.6
Higher than 58% of region (sa4) 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).
23
Lower than 86% of region (sa4) 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 Mandurah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/502/mandurah/topic/transport