4.2% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 80% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bean · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Bean
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few households in Bean go without a car, with only 4.2% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This high reliance on private transport is reflected in the daily commute, where nearly 65% of workers drive themselves to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 40.6% have two. This means far fewer households are without a vehicle compared to most other areas, a trend that has fallen further since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bean splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose to 10.1% since 2016, though this remains far below the national figure of 21.0%. Only 3.5% of people use public transport for their commute, which is a little below the territory average.
10.1% —
Lower than 73% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.5% —
Higher than 63% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 3.5%
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.
Bus services are the only form of public transport here. With 889 stops and 42 routes, the number of stops per 1,000 people is much higher than most areas and about the same as the territory average.
889
Higher than 69% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.83
Higher than 82% 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).
1,418.6
Higher 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).
42
Lower than 69% 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.
Getting into the city takes a long time from here, with a typical drive time of 51 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
51
Higher than 72% 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 Bean [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED801/bean/topic/transport