Laidley · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Laidley

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

A growing number of people in Laidley are now without a car, with the figure rising 4.8 percentage points since 2011. Most residents rely heavily on private vehicles for travel, and very few use public transport or work from home compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Laidley, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 6.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most similar areas. The most common arrangement is one vehicle per home at 43.5%, while 33.5% of households have two.

6.1% ▲ +368.5%

Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.3%
  • 2016: 3.3%
  • 2021: 6.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Laidley, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (11%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Only 0.8% of workers use public transport, a figure that is a little below the national average. While 6.7% now work from home, this is far below the Australian figure of 21%.

6.7% ▲ +282.9%

Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.8%
  • 2016: 4.1%
  • 2021: 6.7%

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

0.8% ▲ —

Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.9%
  • 2021: 0.8%

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.

How people get to work

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In Laidley, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 8%.

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 Laidley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315050/laidley/topic/transport