7.1% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wagin · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wagin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A shift towards fewer cars in the home has seen Wagin reach a point where 7.1% of households now have no motor vehicle. While most residents still rely on cars, this figure is much higher than in most similar areas. Local travel is almost entirely dependent on private vehicles or walking, with very few people working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Wagin have at least one car, with 36.7% owning two vehicles. However, 7.1% of households have no vehicle at all, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Western Australian figure of 5.0%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Wagin splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 64.6% of the workforce. Very few people work from home at 5.5%, which is much lower than most similar areas and far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
5.5% ▼ -47.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 limited to buses, with only one stop and three routes serving the area. While the number of routes is larger than about 82% of similar areas, the 13.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state 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.
0.69
Higher than 60% 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).
13.8
Higher than 59% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 19 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this level.
19
Higher than 58% 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 Wagin
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Wagin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51501/wagin/topic/transport