0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Balbarrup · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Balbarrup
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people in Balbarrup rely on public transport compared to similar areas, with every single home owning at least one motor vehicle. This high level of car ownership is a necessity given there are no public transport stops or routes available in the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, as 0% of homes lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households have multiple cars, with 40% owning two and 34% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Balbarrup, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (32%) and 1 vehicle (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 61.9% of residents. While 12.4% work from home—a rate well above the Western Australian figure of 7.5%—no one in the area commutes using public transport.
12.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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 Balbarrup. This leaves the area far below the state average for weekly departures per 1,000 people.
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 Balbarrup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50052/balbarrup/topic/transport