14.9% ▼ -33.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bentley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bentley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people rely on public transport and live without cars in Bentley than in most similar areas. This is a highly connected suburb where nearly 15% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the 5% seen across Western Australia.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 15% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. For those who do own cars, 42.3% have one vehicle and 26.6% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bentley, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and No vehicle (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is a popular choice for 10.1% of workers, which is well above the 3.1% national average. Conversely, only 4.2% of people work from home, a figure far below the Australian average of 21%.
4.2% ▲ +98.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
10.1% ▼ -26.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 10.1%
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 exceptionally well served by 90 public transport stops and 24 routes, all via bus. With nearly 10 stops per 1,000 people, this is far above the state figure of 5.48.
90
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.94
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).
5,509.8
Higher 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).
24
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
64,028
Higher than 87% 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).
225,746
Higher than 87% 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).
40
Lower than 81% 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 and easy, with a drive time of just 13 minutes. Most residents also live very close to transit, with a typical one-minute walk to the nearest stop.
1
Lower than 99% 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 Bentley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50111/bentley/topic/transport