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Transport & Vehicles in Not in any Significant Urban Area

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Far fewer people work from home in Not in any Significant Urban Area (WA) than across Australia, with a 11 percentage point gap between the two. Most residents here rely on private transport, as just 5.1% of homes have no motor vehicle.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 37% of homes have two vehicles, and 12% have four or more. Only 5.1% of households lack a motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen slightly since 2011 and is a little below the national average.

Homes with no motor vehicle

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5.1% ▼ -14.5%

Lower than 70% of urban area areas.

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Not in any Significant Urban Area, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (17%).

2 vehicles 36.8% 1 vehicle 29.6% 3 vehicles 16.5% 4 or more 12.0% No vehicle 5.1%

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 55.6% of people, while 10.1% work from home, which is a little above the Western Australian figure. Public transport use is much higher than in most similar areas, though it fell to 3.3% by 2021.

People working from home

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10.1% ▲ +20.0%

Higher than 63% of urban area areas.

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

Commuting by public transport

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3.3% ▼ -39.3%

Higher than 93% of urban area 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.

How people get to work

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In Not in any Significant Urban Area, Car (driver) is the majority at 68%; Worked at home is next at 12%.

Car (driver) 55.6% Worked at home 10.1% Walked 6.9% Car (passenger) 4.9% Bus 3.2% Bicycle 0.7% Train 0.1%

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Not in any Significant Urban Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/5000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/transport