3.6% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 93% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bunbury · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Bunbury
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few households in Bunbury go without a car, with only 3.6% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is among the lowest rates for any similar area in the country. Most residents rely heavily on private cars for their daily travel and work commutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least two vehicles, with 40.3% owning two and 15.2% owning three. The proportion of homes without a car has fallen since 2011 and is now well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bunbury, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 1.5% of workers use public transport to get to work, a figure that has fallen since 2011. Working from home is rare here at 7.4%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
7.4% ▲ +33.4%
Lower than 82% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -36.0%
Lower than 61% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.5%
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.
Bus services make up nearly all public transport, but weekly departures are far below the state average. With 4.57 stops per 1,000 people, the area has a little lower access to transit than the Western Australian average.
862
Lower than 62% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.57
Lower than 52% of region (sa4) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
314.2
Lower than 71% of region (sa4) 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).
23
Lower than 86% of region (sa4) 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bunbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/501/bunbury/topic/transport