16.8% ▲ +98.1%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Meekatharra · Urban Centre
Transport & Vehicles in Meekatharra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 17% of homes in Meekatharra have no motor vehicle, which is far above the Western Australian average of 5%. This makes the town stand out from most similar areas for its lack of private transport. While many still rely on cars, a significant number of residents must find other ways to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
A high 16.8% of households do not own a car, a figure that rose 8.3 percentage points since 2011. For those who do have vehicles, 41.6% of homes have just one, while 26.9% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Meekatharra, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and No vehicle (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking to work is common here, with 17.3% of workers doing so, while only 3.1% work from home. This is far below the national figure of 21%. Public transport use is low at 2%, which is a little below the state and national figures.
3.1% ▲ +13.5%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▲ +63.9%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
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 Meekatharra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521032/meekatharra/topic/transport