5.9% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Benandarah · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Benandarah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one uses public transport to get to work in Benandarah, though the area has a high number of stops relative to its population. Most residents rely on cars for travel, which is consistent with the lack of people working from home. The area is largely car-dependent and sparsely populated.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 35.3% having one and 30.9% having two. Only 5.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Benandarah splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with 4 or more at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nobody in Benandarah commutes by public transport, and only 4.5% work from home. This is far below the national figure of 21.0%, with 63.6% of the workforce driving to work.
4.5% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 4.5%
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.
The area has 12.12 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 5.27. However, weekly departures are far below the state average, and the only available mode is the bus.
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.
12.12
Higher than 88% 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).
84.8
Higher than 67% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Getting to the nearest stop is a challenge, as the typical walk takes 90 minutes. This is among the highest times recorded for areas at this level.
90
Higher than 99% 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.
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 Benandarah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10287/benandarah/topic/transport