Gnowangerup · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Gnowangerup

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

Almost everyone in Gnowangerup relies on a car to get around, with 95.4% of homes owning at least one motor vehicle. This makes private transport essential for daily life in the town. Very few people work from home or use public transport to get to their jobs.

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📍 Gnowangerup, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have multiple cars, with 36.2% owning two and 14.3% having four or more. Only 4.6% of households have no vehicle, a figure that is about the same as the Western Australian average.

4.6% ▲ +40.8%

Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.3%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 4.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Gnowangerup, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work, with 69.5% of people as the driver. Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, and no one uses public transport for their commute.

3.4% ▼ -34.3%

Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.2%
  • 2016: 11.8%
  • 2021: 3.4%

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: 0.9%
  • 2016: 2.2%
  • 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 Gnowangerup, Car (driver) is the majority at 76%; Walked is next at 14%.

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 Gnowangerup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521023/gnowangerup/topic/transport