4.9% —
Lower than 59% of state electorate areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A much higher rate of public transport use for work than most similar areas defines the Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral) region. While most workers rely on cars, the local workforce is far less likely to work from home than the national average. This reflects a landscape where site-based roles dominate and residential transit options are limited.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 42.7% owning two and 16.1% owning three. Only 4.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very rare here at just 2.4%, which is far below the national figure of 21%. In contrast, 5.2% of people use public transport to get to work, a rate that is a little above the Australian average.
2.4% —
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.2% —
Higher than 83% 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 limited, with only 5 routes and 171 stops. This is reflected in the weekly departures per 1,000 people, which are far below the Western Australian figure.
171
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.61
Lower than 72% 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).
105.1
Lower than 91% 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).
5
Lower than 93% 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 Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED54403/pilbara/topic/transport