Badgingarra · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Badgingarra

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Zero homes without a car mark a stark contrast to the rest of the country in Badgingarra. Every single household here owns at least one motor vehicle, making it far more reliant on private transport than the state or national average.

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📍 Badgingarra, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have multiple cars, with 51.2% owning two vehicles and another 37.3% owning three or more. This high level of ownership is reflected in the fact that no households in the area are without a vehicle.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.9%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Badgingarra, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 1 vehicle (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 45.1% of residents, while 15.7% work from home, which is well above the Western Australian figure. No one in the area commutes using public transport.

15.7% ▼ -41.1%

Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 26.6%
  • 2016: 21.9%
  • 2021: 15.7%

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: 3.7%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Badgingarra, Car (driver) is the majority at 62%; Worked at home is next at 22%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

While there are more bus stops per 1,000 people than in the state average, the actual number of weekly departures is far below the Western Australian figure.

11.56

Higher than 88% 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).

138.7

Higher than 72% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting into the city takes a long time, with a drive time of 126 minutes, which is much higher than most other areas.

126

Higher than 84% 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 Badgingarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50048/badgingarra/topic/transport