3.4% ▼ -26.5%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Margaret River · Urban Centre
Transport & Vehicles in Margaret River
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Most people in Margaret River rely on their own cars to get around, with only 3.4% of homes having no motor vehicle. This low rate is well below the national figure and has fallen since 2011, making private transport the primary way of life here.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost half of all homes, 43.1%, own two vehicles. Very few households go without a car, a figure that is a little below the Western Australian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Margaret River, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work for 59.7% of residents, while only 0.9% use public transport. Working from home has become more common, rising to 8.6% since 2011, though this remains far below the national figure.
8.6% ▲ +78.6%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
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 Margaret River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL514003/margaret-river/topic/transport