3.7% ▼ -25.8%
Lower than 92% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Western Australia - Wheat Belt · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Western Australia - Wheat Belt
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Vehicle ownership has increased since 2011 in the Western Australia - Wheat Belt, where only 3.7% of homes now live without a car. This reliance on private transport is a defining feature of the region, as public transport use remains very low and infrastructure is limited.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The area has some of the lowest rates of car-free households in the country, well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most homes have multiple vehicles, with 37.2% owning two and 16.6% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Western Australia - Wheat Belt, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 61.6% of people, while only 1.3% use public transport, which is well below the state average. Working from home is more common here than in the rest of Western Australia, though far below the national figure.
11.0% ▲ +0.7%
Lower than 59% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 66% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 access is very limited, with only 2.66 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the state average. This is reflected in the weekly departures, which are much lower than most other areas.
365
Lower than 89% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.66
Lower than 86% 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).
68.9
Lower than 94% 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).
21
Lower than 87% 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)).
More for Western Australia - Wheat Belt
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Western Australia - Wheat Belt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/509/western-australia-wheat-belt/topic/transport