1.8% ▼ -33.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Jurien Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Jurien Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Jurien Bay has a motor vehicle, with only 1.8% of households without one. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Private cars are essential here, as very few people work from home or use public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least two cars, with 39% owning exactly two and 17.1% owning three. Very few homes lack a vehicle, which is much more common in other parts of Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Jurien Bay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way people get to work, with 56.8% driving themselves. Only 7.6% of the workforce works from home, a figure far below the Australian average of 21%.
7.6% ▲ +186.0%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 with one stop. While this is more than some similar areas have, the number of weekly departures per person is far below the state 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.
0.50
Higher than 59% 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).
2.0
Higher than 57% 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).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Jurien Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50705/jurien-bay/topic/transport