0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ben Bullen · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ben Bullen
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Ben Bullen owns a car, reflecting the deep reliance on driving in this rural area. While public transport options are technically available, the vast majority of residents use their own vehicles to get around. This is a place where the car is essential for daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home here has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales and Australian figures. In fact, 40% of households own three vehicles, and another 10% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ben Bullen, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and 1 vehicle (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 68.6% of people as car drivers. Another 25.7% work from home, a figure that is well above the national average but well below the state figure.
25.7% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are 13 bus routes and 2 stops, giving Ben Bullen one of the highest numbers of stops per person in the region. However, the number of weekly departures per person is far below the New South Wales figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
28.17
Higher than 96% 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).
366.2
Higher than 76% 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).
13
Higher than 86% 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.
It takes 152 minutes to drive to the city, which is among the longest travel times for similar areas. A typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 10 minutes.
10
Lower than 54% 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.
152
Higher than 90% 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 Ben Bullen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10285/ben-bullen/topic/transport