Bangalee · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Bangalee

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

A 112-minute drive to the city defines the remote nature of Bangalee, where almost every home relies on a car. The area is heavily dependent on private vehicles for daily travel and work, with very few residents using public transport.

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📍 Bangalee, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few homes here go without a car, with only 2.6% having none, a figure well below the national average. Most households are well-equipped, as 80.9% of homes own two or more vehicles.

2.6% ▲ —

Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.3%
  • 2021: 2.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Bangalee, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 4 or more (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is less common here than in other areas, at 12.7%, which is far below the New South Wales figure. This is reflected in how people get to work, with 63.8% driving as the main driver and 0% using public transport.

12.7% ▲ +204.6%

Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.2%
  • 2016: 3.6%
  • 2021: 12.7%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.9%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Bangalee, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Worked at home is next at 15%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is limited to a single bus route with one stop. While this is more than some similar areas, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.

1.22

Higher than 62% 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).

6.1

Higher than 58% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is challenging for those without a car, as the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 21 minutes. This is higher than in most other similar areas.

21

Higher than 60% 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.

112

Higher than 76% 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 Bangalee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10174/bangalee/topic/transport