2.6% ▼ -39.5%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bridgetown-Greenbushes · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Bridgetown-Greenbushes
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people get around without a car in Bridgetown-Greenbushes, where only 2.6% of homes have no motor vehicle. This reliance on private transport is a key part of daily life, as public transport options are very limited. Most residents depend on their own vehicles to reach work and services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with 39.4% of homes owning two vehicles and another 27.1% having three or more. The share of homes without a car has fallen since 2011 and is now well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bridgetown-Greenbushes, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 60.2% of people as the driver. While 11.5% of people work from home—which is well above the Western Australian figure—only 1.6% use public transport to commute.
11.5% ▲ +20.6%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
Public transport is very limited, with only five stops and three routes serving the area. This results in just 13.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure that is far below the state average.
5
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.95
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
13.4
Lower than 67% of council (lga) 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).
3
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bridgetown-Greenbushes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50840/bridgetown-greenbushes/topic/transport