3.9% —
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Busselton - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Busselton - West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Busselton - West compared to the rest of the country. While the area has a high number of transport stops, very few residents actually use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least one car, and 38.9% own two. Only 3.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Western Australian figure of 5%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Busselton - West splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the main way to get to work, with 65.3% of people driving. Only 1.3% use public transport, which is well below the state figure of 4.7%, and just 6.3% work from home.
6.3% —
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% —
Lower than 61% 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.
The area has 139 public transport stops, meaning there are 7.21 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state average. However, there are far fewer weekly departures per person than in the rest of Western Australia.
139
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.21
Higher than 85% 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).
318.1
Lower than 69% 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).
3
Lower than 79% 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 to the nearest stop takes about 47 minutes on foot, which is among the highest times for areas of this type.
47
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
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 - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/501011294/busselton-west/topic/transport