9.7% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Morgantown · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Morgantown
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A shift in how people move is evident in Morgantown, where nearly 10% of homes now have no motor vehicle. This is well above the state figure and makes the area stand out compared to most similar places. While most residents rely on cars, there are a few key public transport options available.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.7% of homes in Morgantown have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. For those who do own cars, 42.2% of households have one vehicle and 32.1% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Morgantown, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home here, with only 1.9% doing so, which is far below the national figure. Most people commute by car, as only 1.3% use public transport to get to work.
1.9% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -60.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 1.3%
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.
The area has four bus stops and two routes, which is more than about 79% of similar areas. However, the weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Western Australian figure.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.17
Higher than 78% 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).
46.5
Higher than 62% 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.
It takes about 7 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for this level of area.
7
Lower than 61% 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 Morgantown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50997/morgantown/topic/transport