2.1% ▼ -70.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Corrigin · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Corrigin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership remains the primary way to get around Corrigin, with very few households lacking a vehicle. While 97.9% of homes have at least one car, the area has almost no reliance on public transport for daily trips. This creates a stark contrast to the state and national trends.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Corrigin have one or two cars, and only 2.1% of households have no motor vehicle. This is well below the Australian figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Corrigin splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (42%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes by public transport, with 66% of workers driving themselves to work. Only 8.7% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
8.7% ▲ +19.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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. This results in only 7.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Western Australian 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.
1.43
Higher than 63% 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).
7.1
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 public transport is difficult here, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 36 minutes. This is higher than most similar areas.
36
Higher 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.
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).
More for Corrigin
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Corrigin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50340/corrigin/topic/transport