2.0% ▼ -38.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Balingup · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Balingup
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people work from home in Balingup than in most similar areas, with 20.4% of the workforce doing so. This trend helps explain why the town relies so heavily on private cars, as only 1.3% of residents use public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes lack a car, with only 2.0% of households having no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, and most homes here own at least two cars.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Balingup splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About one in five people work from home, which is far above the Western Australian average of 7.5%. For those who do travel, driving is the main choice, while only 1.3% use public transport.
20.4% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -18.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.3%
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.
While Balingup has more public transport stops than most similar areas, the weekly number of departures is far below the state average. All available public transport is provided by buses.
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.
3.54
Higher than 72% 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).
38.9
Higher than 62% 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.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes typically 33 minutes, which is a longer walk than in most similar areas.
33
Higher than 69% 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.
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 Balingup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50056/balingup/topic/transport