4.6% ▼ -56.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gnowangerup · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gnowangerup
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 70% of workers in Gnowangerup drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way to get around. While most homes have at least one vehicle, the area has very little use of public transport or working from home compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 36.2% having two vehicles and 14.3% owning four or more. A small number of homes, 4.6%, have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gnowangerup, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant choice for commuters, while 12.7% of people walk to work. Very few people work from home at 3.4%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%, and no one uses public transport to commute.
3.4% ▲ +35.6%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 3.4%
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: 1.3%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 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 two bus routes and one stop. This results in only 7 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 1,623.
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.
1.76
Higher than 64% 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).
7.0
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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 public transport stop takes about 11 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
11
Lower than 53% 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 Gnowangerup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50564/gnowangerup/topic/transport