Bandy Creek · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Bandy Creek

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A complete reliance on cars defines daily life in Bandy Creek, where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle. This total dependence on private transport is reflected in the lack of public transit options and the long distances residents must travel to find any transport stops.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost half of all homes have two vehicles, and over 34% of households own three or more. This means the 0.0% of homes without a car in Bandy Creek is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Bandy Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive themselves to work, with 72.5% being the primary car driver. This is consistent with a total lack of public transport use and the fact that 0.0% of residents work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 13.5%
  • 2016: 6.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Bandy Creek, Car (driver) is the majority at 93%; Bicycle is next at 4%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is non-existent here, with zero routes, stops, or weekly departures. This puts Bandy Creek far below the Western Australian average for service frequency.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is a challenge for those without a car, as the typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 56 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

56

Higher than 83% 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 Bandy Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50066/bandy-creek/topic/transport