1.7% ▼ -48.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Baynton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Baynton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer than 2% of homes lack a car in Baynton, making it much more reliant on private vehicles than the national average. While some public transport options exist, the vast majority of residents depend on cars to get around and get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with 48.2% of homes owning two vehicles and 17.9% owning three. Only 1.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 5.0%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Baynton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 71.7% of people commuting as the driver. Very few people work from home at 2.7%, a figure far below the 21.0% seen across Australia.
2.7% ▲ +7.8%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▼ -65.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 is limited to buses, with only two routes and two stops serving the area. While the number of stops is higher than in most similar areas, the 8.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
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.
0.44
Higher than 59% 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).
8.9
Higher than 58% 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.
It takes a typical resident about 5 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is lower than in most similar areas.
5
Lower than 68% 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 Baynton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50081/baynton/topic/transport