Donnybrook - Balingup · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Donnybrook - Balingup

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Far fewer people rely on public transport in Donnybrook - Balingup than in the rest of Western Australia. This region is heavily dependent on cars, with only 1.5% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. The need for private transport is clear, as public transport use and access remain very low.

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📍 Donnybrook - Balingup, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here have multiple cars, with 31.1% owning three or more vehicles. Only 1.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the state figure of 5.0% and has fallen since 2011.

1.5% ▼ -52.3%

Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 3.2%
  • 2016: 2.5%
  • 2021: 1.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Donnybrook - Balingup, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

A tiny fraction of the workforce uses public transport to get to work, at just 0.7%. While 11.4% of people work from home—well above the Western Australian figure of 7.5%—this is still well below the national rate of 21.0%.

11.4% ▲ +2.8%

Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 11.0%
  • 2016: 10.2%
  • 2021: 11.4%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.7% ▼ -37.5%

Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 1.1%
  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Donnybrook - Balingup, Car (driver) is the majority at 74%; Worked at home is next at 14%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport options are very limited, with only 8 stops and 4 routes across the area. With just 1.30 stops per 1,000 people, access is far below the Western Australian average of 5.48.

8

Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

1.30

Lower 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).

15.6

Lower than 89% 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Donnybrook - Balingup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/501031018/donnybrook-balingup/topic/transport