4.9% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Magnet · Urban Centre
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Magnet
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost half of all workers in Mount Magnet drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on private transport. The area is predominantly car-dependent, with very few people using public transport or working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, though 4.9% of households have no motor vehicle. This figure is higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the Western Australian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Mount Magnet splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is not used for commuting here, which is well below the national figure. Walking is a common choice for 21.8% of workers, while 6.0% work from home, a rate far below the Australian average.
6.0% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 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.
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 Mount Magnet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521033/mount-magnet/topic/transport