1.8% ▲ +48.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Baldivis · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Baldivis
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 64% of workers in Baldivis drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars. The area is much less dependent on public transport than most, with very few people working from home compared to the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Baldivis have two vehicles, and only 1.8% of households have no motor vehicle. This is well below the 5% seen across Western Australia and the 7.4% national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Baldivis, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is uncommon here, at just 5.8%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%. Only 3.3% of people use public transport to get to work, though this is much higher than in most similar areas.
5.8% ▲ +74.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▼ -27.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 3.3%
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.
Baldivis has 160 public transport stops and 6 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, all services are buses, and the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
160
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.24
Higher than 74% 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).
691.7
Higher than 82% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A drive to the city typically takes 31 minutes, which is lower than in most areas. In contrast, the walk to the nearest stop takes about 28 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
28
Higher than 65% 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.
31
Lower than 73% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Baldivis [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50054/baldivis/topic/transport