4.6% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 65% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Albany (South West) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Albany (South West)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes without a car have been seen in Albany (South West) since 2011, with only 4.6% of households lacking a vehicle. This regional hub relies heavily on private cars for travel, as very few residents use public transport or work from home compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, and 38.2% have two. Only 4.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4% and slightly lower than the state average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Albany (South West) splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Private cars are the dominant way to travel, with 69.6% of people driving to work. Only 0.7% use public transport, which is well below the Western Australian average of 4.7%, and 6.5% work from home, far below the national figure of 21.0%.
6.5% ▲ +16.0%
Lower than 83% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 consists entirely of buses, but service is limited. With 201.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people, the frequency of trips is far below the state figure of 1,623.0.
186
Lower than 70% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.80
Higher than 54% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
201.4
Lower than 84% of state electorate 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).
10
Lower than 86% of state electorate 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 Albany (South West) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED50106/albany/topic/transport