0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
McAlinden · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in McAlinden
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 37% of people work from home in McAlinden, a figure far above the national average of 21%. This reliance on home-based work and private cars defines the area's transport patterns. While the region has a high number of transit stops for its size, actual service frequency is very low.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in McAlinden has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure where 7.4% of homes have none. Most households are heavily equipped, with 48% owning three vehicles and another 16% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In McAlinden, 3 vehicles is the majority at 63%; 4 or more is next at 21%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common arrangement at 36.7%, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 7.5%. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, as 33.3% of those who leave the house do so as a car driver.
36.7% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 36.7%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
McAlinden has 28.57 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, this doesn't translate to frequent service, as the 114.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
28.57
Higher than 97% 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).
114.3
Higher than 70% 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).
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 McAlinden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50918/mcalinden/topic/transport