1.6% ▼ -46.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Waggrakine · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Waggrakine
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Waggrakine compared to the national figure. Most households here rely heavily on private vehicles for daily travel, with very few people working from home or using public transport to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as only 1.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.4% national figure. Over half of all households own three or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Waggrakine, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 69.1% of people being the driver. Only 3.7% of residents work from home, a figure far below the Australian average of 21.0%.
3.7% ▲ +62.7%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -41.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
While the area has 18 public transport stops—more than about 87% of similar places—the number of weekly departures is far below the Western Australian figure.
18
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.72
Higher than 84% 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).
354.6
Higher than 76% 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.
Getting to a stop can be difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest one takes 50 minutes, which is much higher than in most other areas.
50
Higher than 79% 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 Waggrakine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51500/waggrakine/topic/transport