22.6% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lake Argyle · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lake Argyle
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Transport patterns in Lake Argyle have shifted, with 22.6% of homes now without a motor vehicle. This is far above the national figure of 7.4% and the Western Australian rate of 5%. The area relies heavily on walking and home-based work to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
More than half of homes have one vehicle, but the 22.6% who have none is among the highest for similar areas. Very few households here have three or more cars.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lake Argyle, 1 vehicle is the majority at 59%; No vehicle is next at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is the most common way to get to work at 29.3%, while 18.3% work from home. About 11% use public transport, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 4.7%.
18.3% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
11.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 11.0%
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 routes or stops in the area. This means the number of weekly departures and stops per person 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).
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 Lake Argyle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50809/lake-argyle/topic/transport