0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Basalt · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Basalt
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A shift towards working from home has defined travel patterns in Basalt, where over half of the workforce now operates from their own residence. This trend is far more common here than across the rest of the country, making it one of the most remote-working areas in the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home in Basalt has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. Large households are common, with nearly 30% of homes owning four or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Basalt splits fairly evenly between 4 or more (33%) and 2 vehicles (28%), with 1 vehicle at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Half of the workforce (50.9%) works from home, a figure far above the Australian average of 21%. The rest of the commute is split mainly between driving (21.4%) and walking (20.5%).
50.9% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.6%
- 2016: 55.1%
- 2021: 50.9%
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: 3.5%
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Basalt. This leaves the area far below the state and national figures for transit access.
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).
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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Basalt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30180/basalt/topic/transport