5.6% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Collie · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Collie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Cars are the primary way of getting around in Collie, where 66.7% of workers drive themselves to work. While public transport options are very limited compared to the state average, most residents have easy access to a vehicle for their daily needs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 5.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most households rely on one or two cars, with 36.7% of homes owning two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Collie splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very rare here, at just 2.1%, which is far below the national figure of 21%. While 2.2% of people use public transport to get to work, this is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.1% ▲ +30.9%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▼ -76.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 provided entirely by buses, though access is far below the Western Australian average. There is only one stop and three routes serving the area, with only 2.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people.
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.
0.13
Higher than 58% 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).
2.4
Higher than 57% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
The walk to the nearest transport stop is short, taking only 4 minutes, which is lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 120 minutes, much higher than most similar places.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
120
Higher than 81% 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 Collie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50310/collie/topic/transport