2.1% ▼ -44.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bayles · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bayles
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Bayles relies on a car to get around, with only 2.1% of homes having no motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving is a central part of daily life in this rural area, where there are no public transport stops or routes available.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes are well-equipped for travel, with 81.5% of households owning two or more motor vehicles. This means far fewer homes are without a car compared to the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bayles, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 32%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 4 or more (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, while 24.4% of people work from home. This work-from-home rate is well above the Australian figure of 21.0%, and no one here uses public transport to commute.
24.4% ▲ +103.1%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 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.
Public transport is non-existent in the area, with zero stops or routes. This is far below the Victorian average of 4.41 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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).
0.0
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 53 minutes to drive to the city, which is a shorter trip than for most similar areas.
53
Lower than 60% 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).
More for Bayles
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bayles [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20171/bayles/topic/transport