0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dandaragan · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Dandaragan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Dandaragan now owns a car, highlighting a total reliance on private transport. With no public transport options available, residents depend heavily on their own vehicles or working from home to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 0% of homes lacking a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Nearly half of all households have two vehicles, and about 24% own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Dandaragan, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 4 or more (24%) and 1 vehicle (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 22.4% of residents, a figure far above the Western Australian average of 7.5%. For those who travel, 56.3% drive alone and 8.6% walk to work.
22.4% ▲ +32.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means the number of weekly departures and stops per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 area is remote, with a typical drive time of 106 minutes to reach the city, which is higher than most similar areas.
106
Higher than 73% 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 Dandaragan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50382/dandaragan/topic/transport