1.3% ▼ -38.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wannanup · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wannanup
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 61% of workers in Wannanup drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars for daily travel. While most homes have at least one vehicle, the area has a surprisingly high number of public transport stops compared to similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here go without a car, with only 1.3% having none—a figure well below both the state and national rates. Most households own at least two vehicles, with 44.6% owning exactly two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wannanup, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here; only 7.9% do so, which is far below the national figure. About 4% of people use public transport to get to work, which is about the same as the state and national averages.
7.9% ▲ +73.6%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.0% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.0%
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.
Wannanup has a high number of public transport stops and routes compared to most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian figure.
20
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.
4.83
Higher than 77% 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).
905.1
Higher than 86% 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).
9,664
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
29,569
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a stop is relatively quick, with a typical walk taking just 5 minutes, which is lower than in most areas. The drive time to the city is 56 minutes.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
56
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Wannanup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51525/wannanup/topic/transport