Watercarrin · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Watercarrin

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost no change has occurred in how people travel in Watercarrin since 2011, as the area remains entirely dependent on cars. With no public transport available, residents face a long 130-minute drive to reach the city.

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📍 Watercarrin, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The most common motor vehicles per home is 3 vehicles at 50%, ahead of 4 or more (50%).

Motor vehicles per home

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Watercarrin splits fairly evenly between 3 vehicles (38%) and 4 or more (38%), with 2 vehicles at 23%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

The most common how people get to work is Worked at home at 65%, ahead of Car (driver) (47%).

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In Watercarrin, the largest group is Worked at home at 50%, followed by Car (driver) (36%) and Walked (14%).

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in Watercarrin. This leaves the area far below the Western Australian figure for transport access, with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people.

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Lower than 99% 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).

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Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around relies on private vehicles, as the drive time to the city is 130 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

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Higher than 86% 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

  • 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 Watercarrin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51543/watercarrin/topic/transport