2.7% ▼ -17.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Hedland · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Port Hedland
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Public transport access in Port Hedland has seen significant growth in infrastructure, though it remains a place where cars are essential. Almost every home owns at least one vehicle, and very few people work from home compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 44.8% of homes owning two vehicles and 7.2% having four or more. Only 2.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Port Hedland, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 73.8% of people as the main driver. Very few people work from home at 2.4%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
2.4% ▲ +35.1%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -53.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 69 public transport stops, leaving Port Hedland with a rate of 16.91 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Western Australian figure. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average.
69
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
16.91
Higher than 91% 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).
504.5
Higher than 78% 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).
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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Port Hedland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51259/port-hedland/topic/transport