1.1% ▼ -50.1%
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Busselton Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Busselton Surrounds
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1.1% of homes in Busselton Surrounds have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This high level of car ownership is a central feature of the area, which sees very few people using public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 45.5% owning two and 16% owning three. The number of homes without a vehicle has fallen by 1.1 percentage points since 2011 and is now among the lowest for similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Busselton Surrounds, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, while only 0.7% of people use public transport, which is well below the state figure. Working from home is more common here than in the rest of Western Australia, with 15.4% of the workforce doing so.
15.4% ▲ +32.4%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -38.8%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
While there are 88 stops and 2 bus routes—providing more stops per 1,000 people than the state average—the service is infrequent. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Western Australian figure.
88
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.39
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
196.6
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
2
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Busselton Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/501011003/busselton-surrounds/topic/transport