0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Buchan · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Buchan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Not a single home in Buchan lacks a motor vehicle, a striking contrast to the 7.4% of Australian households without one. Car ownership is essential here, with most residents relying on their own transport to get around the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least two vehicles, with 39.2% owning two and another 20.3% owning four or more. This high level of ownership means the number of homes without a car is well below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Buchan, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 4 or more (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive to work, and 9.5% walk, while 17.9% work from home. This percentage of remote workers is well below the Victoria figure of 25.7%.
17.9% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 17.9%
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: 1.6%
- 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.
While there are 4.98 public transport stops per 1,000 people—a little above the state average—the service is limited to one bus route. This is reflected in the weekly departures per 1,000 people, which are far below the state figure.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.98
Higher than 77% 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).
10.0
Higher than 58% 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).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Buchan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20366/buchan/topic/transport