10.4% —
Higher than 87% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Western Australia - Outback (North) · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Western Australia - Outback (North)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer public transport options exist here than in most other areas, making Western Australia - Outback (North) heavily dependent on private travel. While 10.4% of homes have no car, the region generally lacks the transit infrastructure found in the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
More than one in ten homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the 5% seen across Western Australia. For those who do own cars, 36.9% of households have two vehicles and 14.1% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Western Australia - Outback (North), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 3.2% of people work from home, a figure far below the national average of 21%. While 5.6% of the workforce uses public transport, this is a sharp drop from the 14.4% reported in 2016.
3.2% —
Lower than 99% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.6% —
Higher than 86% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 5.6%
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 1.9 stops per 1,000 people compared to 5.48 across the state. The region relies entirely on its five bus routes, with weekly departures far below the state figure.
171
Lower than 95% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.90
Lower than 91% 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).
55.3
Lower than 95% 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).
5
Lower than 97% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Western Australia - Outback (North) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/510/western-australia-outback/topic/transport