3.0% ▼ -68.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wongan Hills · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wongan Hills
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A four-hour drive to the city defines daily life in Wongan Hills, making private cars essential for almost every resident. Very few people here work from home or use public transport, as most rely on their own vehicles to get around the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are common, with 42% of homes owning two vehicles and 18.5% having three. Only 3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wongan Hills, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, while only 4.5% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%. Public transport use is very low at 0.9%, though this is actually higher than in most similar areas.
4.5% ▼ -48.7%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▲ —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 a single bus route with one stop. While this is more than some similar areas, the 4.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure of 1,623.
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.
1.12
Higher than 62% 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).
4.5
Higher than 58% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Travel times are very long here, with the drive to the city taking 242 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for areas at this level.
242
Higher than 99% 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)).
- 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 Wongan Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51632/wongan-hills/topic/transport