1.7% ▼ -24.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bakers Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bakers Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Bakers Hill relies on a car to get around, with only 1.7% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on private transport defines daily life here, as public transport options are very limited.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 42.1% owning two vehicles and another 21.7% owning three. The proportion of homes without a vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bakers Hill, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 1 vehicle (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 63.5% of workers as the driver. Only 7.4% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
7.4% ▼ -15.9%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -29.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 based entirely on buses, though service is sparse. While the area has two routes and two stops, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.57
Higher than 64% 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).
11.0
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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around on foot is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 49 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. The drive to the city typically takes 58 minutes.
49
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
58
Lower than 57% 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 Bakers Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50051/bakers-hill/topic/transport