0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bickley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bickley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Not a single home in Bickley is without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This car-dependent area relies heavily on private transport for daily life, with the vast majority of households owning two or more vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here are heavily equipped for driving, with 82% of households owning at least two vehicles. This explains why 0.0% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.4% typical for Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bickley splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (30%), with 4 or more at 21%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 59.8% of residents. While 15.0% of people work from home—well above the Western Australian figure—only 0.8% use public transport, which is a little below the national average.
15.0% ▲ +145.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -54.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 virtually non-existent here, with zero stops, routes, or weekly departures. This puts the area far below the state average for transit access, leaving no one reachable by public transport within 45 minutes.
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 time to the city is just 24 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. However, getting to a transit stop is difficult, as a 35-minute walk is typical here, which is higher than most places.
35
Higher 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.
24
Lower than 79% 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 Bickley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50118/bickley/topic/transport