4.0% —
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Central Wheatbelt (Agricultural) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Central Wheatbelt (Agricultural)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer public transport options exist in Central Wheatbelt (Agricultural) than in the rest of Western Australia. Most households rely heavily on cars to get around, with only 4% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This creates a stark contrast to the national figure, where significantly more people live without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is common here, with 36% of homes owning two vehicles and another 12.8% owning four or more. Only 4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Australian figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Central Wheatbelt (Agricultural), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 58.7% of residents, while 11.6% work from home. This work-from-home rate is well above the Western Australian figure, though it remains well below the national average of 21%.
11.6% —
Lower than 56% of state electorate areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% —
Lower than 67% of state electorate areas.
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 very limited, with only 2.38 stops per 1,000 people, far below the state average. Weekly departures are among the lowest for similar areas, and only 1.4% of workers use public transport to commute.
89
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.38
Lower than 87% 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).
25.3
Lower than 98% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Central Wheatbelt (Agricultural) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED51401/central-wheatbelt/topic/transport