1.7% —
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Swan Hills (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Swan Hills (East Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for daily life in Swan Hills, where only 1.7% of homes have no motor vehicle. This reliance on cars is far more common here than in the rest of the state or country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 41.6% having two and another 31.7% owning three or more. The proportion of homes without a vehicle is among the lowest for its level and well below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Swan Hills (East Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 65.5% of residents, while only 1.8% use public transport. Working from home rose to 7.7% since 2016, but this remains far below the Australian average.
7.7% —
Lower than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% —
Lower than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 315 public transport stops and 27 routes, which is a little above the Western Australian average per person. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure, and all services are buses.
315
Higher than 64% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.34
Higher than 84% 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).
823.0
Lower than 58% 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).
27
Higher than 51% 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 Swan Hills (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED55102/swan-hills/topic/transport