4.0% ▼ -37.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Geographe · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Geographe
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Geographe compared to the national figure, with only 6.8% doing so. This area relies heavily on cars to get around, though it has a higher number of public transport stops than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 40.9% owning two vehicles. Only 4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Australian figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Geographe, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 65.9% of people being the driver. Only 1.6% use public transport, a figure that is well below the Western Australian average.
6.8% ▲ +102.0%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▲ +69.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
There are 24 public transport stops and one route serving the area, which is more than most similar places. However, the 119.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
24
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.63
Higher than 84% 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).
119.3
Higher than 71% 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.
The typical resident faces an 8-minute walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for areas of this level.
8
Lower than 57% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Geographe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50534/geographe/topic/transport