0.4% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bedfordale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bedfordale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few homes without a car mark Bedfordale as an area where private transport is essential. Only 0.4% of households are without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%. Most residents rely heavily on their own cars to get around and get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 62.5% of homes owning three or more vehicles. This explains why the number of car-less homes is much lower than in the rest of Western Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bedfordale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 4 or more (26%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 66.7% as the driver. While 2.6% use public transport—which is much higher than in most similar areas—the 9.6% who work from home is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
9.6% ▲ +43.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 options are very limited, with zero recorded stops or routes in the area. This is far below the Western Australian average for stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
8,241
Lower than 61% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive to the city takes 34 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas. However, the walk to the nearest transport stop is 81 minutes, among the highest for this level.
81
Higher than 97% 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.
34
Lower than 71% 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 Bedfordale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50092/bedfordale/topic/transport