5.2% ▼ -27.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Blackbutt · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Blackbutt
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Reliance on cars is the norm for daily life in Blackbutt, where the vast majority of homes own at least one motor vehicle. While public transport options are more available here than in most similar areas, very few residents actually use them to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have two vehicles, and about 15.6% own three. Only 5.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas, though still well below the New South Wales figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Blackbutt, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, and 18.7% work from home, which is a little below the national figure. Very few people use public transport to commute, at just 1.0%.
18.7% ▲ +558.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -38.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 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.
Blackbutt has 12 public transport stops and two routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the 271 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure, and all available services are buses.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.65
Higher than 72% 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).
271.0
Higher than 74% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical four-minute walk to the nearest stop is lower than in most areas. It takes about 77 minutes to drive to the city, which is around the middle for its level.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
77
Higher than 55% 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 Blackbutt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10390/blackbutt/topic/transport