1.7% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bensville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bensville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Bensville than across the state, with only 1.7% of households having no vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is matched by a strong trend toward remote work, where 30.2% of residents work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 45.5% owning two vehicles and nearly 20% owning three. This explains why the 1.7% of homes without a car is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bensville, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, reaching 30.2%, which is well above the national figure of 21%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, with only 1% doing so, a figure a little below the national average.
30.2% ▲ +377.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -76.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Bensville has 17 public transport stops and two routes, which is more than most similar areas. While there are 6.8 stops per 1,000 people—well above the state figure—all available services are buses.
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.80
Higher than 85% 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).
1,052.0
Higher than 87% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 12 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop. For those travelling further, the drive time to the city is around 69 minutes.
12
Lower than 51% 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.
69
Higher than 50% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Bensville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10297/bensville/topic/transport