Corrigin · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Corrigin

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

Two-thirds of working residents in Corrigin (L) drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. Private transport is essential here, as very few households go without a vehicle compared to the rest of the state and country.

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📍 Corrigin, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 2.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the national rate and has fallen since 2011. Most households own one or two cars, while about 15% have three or more.

2.2% ▼ -61.0%

Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.8%
  • 2016: 2.1%
  • 2021: 2.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Corrigin, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (38%) and 3 vehicles (10%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Nobody in the area uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the Western Australian and national figures. While 66.7% drive and 6.1% walk, the share of people working from home rose to 5.7%, though this remains far below the national typical.

5.7% ▲ +111.8%

Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.7%
  • 2016: 2.8%
  • 2021: 5.7%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.4%
  • 2016: 3.3%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Corrigin, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Walked is next at 7%.

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 Corrigin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521015/corrigin/topic/transport