Bentley · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Bentley

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

Over 70% of homes in Bentley have two or more motor vehicles. This makes the area highly dependent on cars, as there are no public transport stops or routes available for residents. Most people here rely on their own vehicles to get around and get to work.

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📍 Bentley, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high, with 42.4% of homes owning two vehicles and 30.6% owning three. Not a single home in the area lacks a motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.3%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Bentley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 3 vehicles (33%) and 1 vehicle (15%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 56.4% of workers as the main driver. Working from home is much lower than the national figure, at 13.6%, and no one uses public transport to commute.

13.6% ▼ -29.1%

Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 19.2%
  • 2016: 18.8%
  • 2021: 13.6%

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

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Bentley, Car (driver) is the majority at 69%; Worked at home is next at 17%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is non-existent in Bentley, with zero stops and zero routes. This is far below the New South Wales average of 5.27 stops per 1,000 people.

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Lower than 99% 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).

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Lower than 99% 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bentley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10298/bentley/topic/transport