4.1% —
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Busselton - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Busselton - East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car reliance has remained a cornerstone of life in Busselton - East, where very few people forgo owning a vehicle. Most households here own two or more cars, which is consistent with the low number of residents using public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 4.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. The most common setup is two vehicles per home, shared by 40.1% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Busselton - East splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 6.4%. This is reflected in the commute, where 66.6% of people drive themselves to work and only 1.5% use public transport.
6.4% —
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% —
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 Busselton - East has 6.2 public transport stops per 1,000 people—a little above the state figure—the service is infrequent. Weekly departures are far below the Western Australian average.
58
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.20
Higher than 75% 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).
248.3
Lower than 72% 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).
4
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 is a significant trip for locals, with a drive time of 126 minutes, which is among the highest for similar areas.
126
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Busselton - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/501011293/busselton-east/topic/transport