5.8% ▼ -19.9%
Higher than 59% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
West and North West · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in West and North West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes without cars has been the main trend in West and North West since 2011. Most households now rely heavily on private vehicles to get around. This is a region where public transport is rarely used, with only 0.6% of workers taking it to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 36% have two. Only 5.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Australian figure and a drop of 1.4 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →West and North West splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 69.8% of people as the driver. Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 6.5%, though this figure has risen slightly since 2011.
6.5% ▲ +38.2%
Lower than 87% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 81% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 options are limited to buses, with no trains or ferries. The region has 520 stops, but the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Tasmanian figure.
520
Lower than 83% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.48
Lower than 55% 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).
301.6
Lower than 72% 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).
33
Lower than 81% 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 West and North West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/604/west-and-north-west/topic/transport