2.3% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bateman · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bateman
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people use public transport to get to work in Bateman than in the rest of Australia. This is a well-connected area where 7.5% of workers use transit, and most homes have multiple cars. Just 2.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here have at least two cars, with 45.4% owning exactly two. The number of homes without a vehicle is a little below the Western Australian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bateman, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is well above the national figure, though 57.8% of people still drive. While 10.9% of residents work from home, this is far below the typical Australian rate.
10.9% ▲ +207.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.5% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 7.5%
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 very well served by transit, with 37 stops and 12 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the Western Australian figure, and 85.7% of the network consists of buses.
37
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.
9.66
Higher than 87% 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).
2,785.5
Higher than 96% 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).
12
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
11,862
Higher than 62% 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).
54,350
Higher than 66% 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).
47
Lower than 70% 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.
Getting into the city is fast, with a typical drive time of only 13 minutes. It is also convenient to reach transport, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
13
Lower than 91% 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 Bateman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50079/bateman/topic/transport