10.9% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Albany · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Port Albany
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 60% of workers in Port Albany drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most homes have at least one vehicle, it is an area where roughly 11% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11% of homes here have no motor vehicle, a rate well above both the Western Australian and national figures. Most households do own a car, with 41.8% having one vehicle and 36.4% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Port Albany, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the state and national figures. Working from home is more common than in the rest of Western Australia, though it is far below the Australian average at 10.8%.
10.8% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 10.8%
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.
The area has 7.52 public transport stops per 1,000 people, well above the state average. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the Western Australian figure.
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.
7.52
Higher than 86% 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).
75.2
Higher than 66% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Residents typically walk for 13 minutes to reach their nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for similar areas.
13
Higher than 50% 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).
More for Port Albany
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Port Albany [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51257/port-albany/topic/transport