6.3% ▲ +89.6%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dwellingup · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Public transport use has grown significantly in Dwellingup since 2011, rising from nothing to 6.6% of workers. While most people still rely on cars, the area has seen a shift in how residents get around and get to work. A small number of households, about 6.3%, now live without a motor vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.3% of homes in Dwellingup have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the Western Australian figure. This is higher than most similar areas and has risen 3 points since 2011.
6.3% ▲ +89.6%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dwellingup splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is among the highest for similar areas at 6.6%, well above the national figure of 3.1%. Conversely, working from home is much lower than most areas at 3.7%, a figure that has fallen since 2011.
3.7% ▼ -61.1%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.6% ▲ —
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Dwellingup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522023/dwellingup/topic/transport