6.4% ▼ -29.9%
Higher than 62% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bass · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Bass
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A drive time of 142 minutes to the city is among the highest for areas of this type, making Bass a very remote place to get around. Most residents rely on private cars to travel, as public transport use is very low and working from home is much less common than across the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 74% of homes in Bass have either one or two motor vehicles. The proportion of households without a car fell from 9.1% in 2011 to 6.4% in 2021, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bass splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way people get to work, with 67.3% as the driver. Only 1.2% use public transport, and those working from home make up 7.2% of the workforce, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
7.2% —
Lower than 89% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% —
Lower than 72% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Buses are the only form of public transport available here. While the number of stops per 1,000 people is much higher than most areas, weekly departures per 1,000 people are lower than most areas.
621
Lower than 76% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.65
Higher than 78% of federal electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
740.7
Lower than 65% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
51
Lower than 54% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The commute to the city is exceptionally long, with the typical drive time being 142 minutes.
142
Higher than 96% of federal electorate areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bass [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED601/bass/topic/transport