3.2% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ballajura · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ballajura
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Much higher rates of public transport use and more transit routes than most similar areas define Ballajura. While cars remain the primary way to get around, the suburb has a very high number of bus stops and frequent departures compared to the state average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have more than one car, with 40.1% owning two. Only 3.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Western Australian figure of 5.0%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ballajura, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to travel, with 69.5% of people commuting as the driver. Only 5.4% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
5.4% ▲ +154.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▼ -22.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 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.
The area is served by 80 stops across 7 routes, all of which are buses. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are among the highest at this level and well above the state figure.
80
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.33
Higher than 75% 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).
2,035.3
Higher than 92% 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).
7
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).
27,113
Higher than 54% 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).
64
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A 19-minute drive to the city is much lower than most similar areas. For those using public transport, the typical walk to the nearest stop takes about 7 minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
19
Lower 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)).
- 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 Ballajura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50061/ballajura/topic/transport