15.2% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Buttai · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Buttai
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly a quarter of working residents in Buttai drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While the area has a high number of transport stops for its size, very few people actually use public transport to commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 27%, ahead of 4 or more (27%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Buttai splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (50%) and 4 or more (50%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes by public transport, and the 15.2% who work from home is well below the national figure. This is a stark contrast to New South Wales, where 31% of people work from home.
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.
Buttai has 38.46 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, the 192.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
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.
38.46
Higher 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).
192.3
Higher than 73% 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 city takes 102 minutes, which is longer than in most areas. It is also a longer walk to the nearest stop here than in most similar places, taking about 23 minutes.
23
Higher than 61% 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.
102
Higher than 70% 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 Buttai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10722/buttai/topic/transport