3.4% ▲ +51.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ravensthorpe · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ravensthorpe
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Much lower rates of public transport use than the national figure define Ravensthorpe, where almost everyone relies on private cars. While 3.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, the vast majority of residents depend on their own transport to get around the large area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 36% having two vehicles and 13.8% owning four or more. This means far fewer homes are without a car compared to the Australian average of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ravensthorpe, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, and 11.3% walk. While 12.3% work from home—which is well above the Western Australian figure—only 1.1% use public transport to commute.
12.3% ▲ +327.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -75.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
Public transport is very limited, consisting of just 3 bus routes and a single stop. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average, reflecting the area's remote nature.
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.
1.72
Higher than 64% 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).
24.1
Higher than 60% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 Ravensthorpe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51281/ravensthorpe/topic/transport