3.1% —
Lower than 83% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Warren-Blackwood (South West) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Warren-Blackwood (South West)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people use public transport in Warren-Blackwood compared to the rest of the state. This is a car-dependent region where only 3.1% of homes lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the Australian average. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around the large area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 40.2% of homes owning two vehicles and 24.7% owning three or more. Only 3.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much lower than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Warren-Blackwood (South West), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 58.1% of people, while only 1.1% use public transport. Working from home has risen to 13% since 2016, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 7.5%.
13.0% —
Higher than 50% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% —
Lower than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 7 routes and 44 stops across the region. There are just 1.01 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the Western Australian average of 5.48.
44
Lower than 93% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.01
Lower than 95% 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).
11.6
Lower than 99% 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).
7
Lower than 90% 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 Warren-Blackwood (South West) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED55706/warren-blackwood/topic/transport