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.
West Island · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in West Island
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 30% of workers in West Island drive themselves to work, making the car the most common way to get around. This is a small, sparsely populated area where every single home has at least one motor vehicle. While most people rely on cars, a surprising number of residents choose to walk or work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home in the area has a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure where 7.4% of households have none. Nearly half of all homes have one vehicle, while 25% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In West Island, 1 vehicle is the majority at 57%; 2 vehicles is next at 31%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is a popular choice for 21.3% of workers, and 12.4% work from home, which is well below the Australian figure. Public transport use at 4.5% is a little above both the state and national averages.
12.4% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.5% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 serving the area. This is about the same as the rest of the Other Territories.
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).
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 West Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL90005/west-island/topic/transport