11.1% ▲ —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Watheroo · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Watheroo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Reliance on cars has remained high in Watheroo, though a striking 11.1% of homes now have no motor vehicle. This is well above the state and national figures. Most residents depend on their own transport to get around this large rural area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost half of all households own two vehicles, and 20% have four or more. Despite this, the 11.1% of homes without a car is among the highest for similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Watheroo, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 4 or more (18%) and 1 vehicle (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes using public transport, which is well below the national figure. Instead, 51.4% of workers drive and 19.4% work from home, a rate far above the Western Australian average.
19.4% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
There are 14.6 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, with only two bus stops and one route, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
14.60
Higher than 90% 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).
58.4
Higher than 64% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Watheroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51547/watheroo/topic/transport