3.9% ▼ -25.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pinjarra · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Pinjarra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 3.9% of homes in Pinjarra lack a motor vehicle, making cars a vital part of daily life here. While the town has a high number of public transport stops, very few people actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own one or two cars, with 37.7% having one and 35.8% having two. The proportion of homes without a vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Pinjarra splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 62.7% of people as the driver. Only 4% of the workforce works from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
4.0% ▲ +41.6%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▼ -28.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
Pinjarra has 43 public transport stops and 5 routes, which is among the largest for its area type. Despite these high numbers, the weekly number of departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian figure.
43
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.75
Higher than 87% 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).
313.8
Higher than 75% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest transport stop is very quick, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes. The drive time to the city is 51 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
51
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Pinjarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51247/pinjarra/topic/transport