Harrismith · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Harrismith

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Nearly half of the workforce in Harrismith works from home, which is a much higher rate than the national figure. This remote work trend defines the local landscape, as very few people rely on traditional commutes or public transport to get to their jobs.

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📍 Harrismith, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 67%, ahead of 3 vehicles (28%).

Motor vehicles per home

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In Harrismith, 2 vehicles is the majority at 60%; 3 vehicles is next at 25%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Almost 47% of residents work from home, a figure far above the 21% national average. Because of this, 0% of the workforce uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the state and national figures.

46.7%

Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 8.3%
  • 2021: 46.7%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Harrismith, Worked at home is the majority at 58%; Car (driver) is next at 29%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in Harrismith, leaving it far below the Western Australian average for service access.

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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Harrismith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50614/harrismith/topic/transport