1.6% ▼ -73.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cervantes · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cervantes
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in Cervantes lack a car compared to the national figure, reflecting a heavy reliance on private transport. Most households have at least two vehicles, which is a necessity given the town is located nearly two hours from the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 47% of homes own two vehicles, and only 1.6% of households have no motor vehicle. This is well below the 7.4% national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cervantes, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 57.7% as the driver. Very few people work from home at 4.6%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
4.6% ▲ +30.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▲ —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 limited to a single bus route and one stop. While this is more than some similar areas, weekly departures are far below the state average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.08
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
8.3
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city takes much longer than in most areas, with a typical drive time of 117 minutes. It takes about 7 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop.
7
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
117
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Cervantes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50279/cervantes/topic/transport