4.4% ▼ -35.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Balgownie · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Balgownie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are the dominant way to get around Balgownie, where 27.4% of people work from home. While most residents rely on their own vehicles, the area has an unusually high number of public transport stops for its size.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 42.2% owning two and 12.5% owning three. Only 4.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Balgownie, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly half of workers drive to their jobs, and 27.4% work from home, a figure well above the Australian average. Only 0.8% of the workforce uses public transport, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
27.4% ▲ +913.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -74.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 40 public transport stops and 4 routes, meaning it has more stops per person than most similar areas. However, with 666.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people, this is far below the New South Wales figure.
40
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.99
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
666.2
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality 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
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Walking to the nearest stop takes just 3 minutes, which is much lower than in most areas. The typical drive time to the city is 64 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality 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.
64
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality 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 Balgownie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10156/balgownie/topic/transport