2.6% ▼ -18.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Banksia Grove · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Banksia Grove
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all households in Banksia Grove have two motor vehicles, reflecting a strong reliance on cars for daily travel. The area is heavily car-dependent, with very few people working from home compared to the national figure. This makes personal vehicles essential for most residents to access work and services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own multiple cars, with 45.6% having two vehicles. Only 2.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Western Australian figure and well below the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Banksia Grove, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 65.6% of residents commuting as the driver. Only 5.4% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
5.4% ▲ +179.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.2% ▼ -33.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.2%
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.
Public transport relies entirely on buses, with 41 stops across the area. While this is among the largest number of stops for a similar area, the 85-minute trip to the city is among the highest recorded.
41
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.61
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).
725.0
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).
2
Higher than 75% 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).
18,641
Lower than 52% 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).
85
Higher than 96% 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.
It takes about 26 minutes to drive to the city, which is much lower than most areas. Residents typically have a short 6-minute walk to their nearest public transport stop.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
26
Lower than 78% 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 Banksia Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50069/banksia-grove/topic/transport