5.8% ▼ -33.8%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bayswater - Embleton - Bedford · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Bayswater - Embleton - Bedford
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people in Bayswater - Embleton - Bedford rely solely on public transport than they did in 2011, though it remains a highly connected hub. The area is a major transit point with 27 different routes serving the community. While car use is still the main way to get around, the area's proximity to the city makes it much more accessible than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 40.7% owning two vehicles. Only 5.8% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that fell 3.0 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bayswater - Embleton - Bedford splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (39%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is well above the state and national figures at 8.9%, though this dropped 2.4 percentage points since 2011. Working from home is much less common here than in most other areas, at only 8.6%.
8.6% ▲ +202.9%
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.9% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 8.9%
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.
This area is an exceptional transit hub with 173 stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people that are far above the Western Australian figure. It has a very high density of stops and is among the best for reaching the city in just 26 minutes.
173
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.05
Higher than 83% 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).
2,821.9
Higher than 87% 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).
27
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
67,656
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
264,792
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
26
Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city is very fast, with a typical drive time of only 9 minutes. Residents also enjoy easy access to transit, with a typical 3-minute walk to the nearest stop.
3
Lower than 71% 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.
9
Lower than 90% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Bayswater - Embleton - Bedford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/504011045/bayswater-embleton-bedford/topic/transport