0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Yathroo · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Yathroo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of workers in Yathroo now work from home, a figure far above the national average. This shift reflects a place where private cars are essential and public transport is completely absent. The area is very remote, with a typical drive time of 91 minutes to get to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home in Yathroo has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures for homes without a car. Most households are well-equipped, with 28% owning four or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Yathroo splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 4 or more (32%), with 1 vehicle at 18%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, accounting for 55.1% of workers, which is far above the national figure of 21%. No one uses public transport to get to work, while 40.8% drive themselves.
55.1% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 55.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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 no public transport stops or routes in Yathroo. This means the number of weekly departures and stops per person is far below the Western Australian average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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).
0.0
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Getting around is a slow process for those heading to the city, with a typical drive time of 91 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.
91
Higher than 63% 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 Yathroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51677/yathroo/topic/transport