8.0% ▼ -35.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Primbee · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Primbee
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 3,000 weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people make Primbee an area with exceptionally high transit frequency. While most residents still rely on cars, the suburb has far more transport options than the state average. This creates a mix of high vehicle ownership and strong access to buses.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. For those who do own cars, the most common setups are one or two vehicles, though 10.2% of households have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Primbee splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (34%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 20% of residents, which is higher than in most similar areas, though far below the New South Wales figure. More than half of the workforce drives themselves to work, while only 1.8% use public transport.
20.0% ▲ +562.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 1.8%
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.
Primbee has 17 stops and 4 routes, meaning it has more transport infrastructure than about 85% of similar areas. With 10.47 stops per 1,000 people, access is far above the state average and consists entirely of bus services.
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.
10.47
Higher than 87% 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).
3,053.6
Higher than 97% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 8 minutes. For those travelling into the city, the drive time is around 70 minutes, which is about average for this level.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
70
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)).
- 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 Primbee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13276/primbee/topic/transport