8.9% —
Higher than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
North West Central (Mining and Pastoral) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in North West Central (Mining and Pastoral)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Public transport use for work has plummeted by 20 percentage points since 2016 in North West Central (Mining and Pastoral). While 10.5% of workers still use these services, it is now a region where most people rely on cars or walk to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 5.0%. The most common setup is one vehicle per home at 36.9%, though 34.2% of households have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →North West Central (Mining and Pastoral) splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
A far lower proportion of people work from home compared to the rest of Australia, with only 5.9% doing so. While 43.7% of people drive themselves to work, 10.5% use public transport, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%.
5.9% —
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
10.5% —
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 10.5%
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.
Public transport is very limited here, with only 6 routes and 56 stops available. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Western Australian figure, and all available services are buses.
56
Lower than 91% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.45
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).
18.6
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).
6
Lower than 91% 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 North West Central (Mining and Pastoral) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED54203/north-west-central/topic/transport