12.0% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Babakin · Suburb / Locality
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Reliance on private cars remains the norm in Babakin, where no one uses public transport to get to work. While 12% of the workforce now operates from home, this is still well below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 50%, ahead of 4 or more (44%).
In Babakin, 2 vehicles is the majority at 53%; 4 or more is next at 47%.
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers in Babakin drive themselves to work, while 12% walk. Working from home is more common here than in the typical Western Australian area, though it is much lower than the Australian average.
12.0% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Babakin. This means the number of weekly departures is far below the Western Australian figure.
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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Babakin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50043/babakin/topic/transport