6.5% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bunbury · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Bunbury
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 69% of workers in Bunbury drive themselves to work, highlighting a strong reliance on cars for the daily commute. While the area has a high number of transport stops, very few people use public transport or work from home compared to national figures.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 6.5% of households have no motor vehicle. This is a little above the state figure and higher than most similar areas, despite the rate falling slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bunbury splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home at 4.0%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%. Only 1.4% of workers use public transport to get to work, a figure that is well below the state average and has fallen since 2011.
4.0% ▲ +69.3%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -45.6%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
Bunbury has 304 public transport stops, giving it one of the highest number of stops per person at this level. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian figure.
304
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.22
Higher than 97% 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).
886.4
Higher than 78% 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).
19
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical 10-minute walk is required to reach the nearest transport stop. The drive time to the city is 102 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
10
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
102
Higher than 73% of council (lga) 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 Bunbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51190/bunbury/topic/transport