5.4% ▼ -17.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bicton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bicton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people use public transport in Bicton than in most similar areas, though car travel remains the dominant choice. The area is well connected, with 22 public transport stops and a very short 15-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, with 40.1% owning two. However, 5.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most other similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bicton splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 62.8% of people as the driver. About 4.1% use public transport—much higher than most similar areas—while the 10.4% who work from home is far below the national figure.
10.4% ▲ +95.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.1% ▼ -26.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 has 5 routes and a high number of stops per person compared to similar places. All public transport is provided by bus, and weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than in most similar areas.
22
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.16
Higher than 70% 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).
889.1
Higher than 86% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
14,778
Higher than 67% 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).
51,774
Higher than 65% 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).
54
Lower than 57% 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.
Bicton is very accessible, with a typical 2-minute walk to the nearest stop. It also has a much shorter drive time to the city than most similar areas, taking only 15 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
15
Lower than 88% 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 Bicton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50119/bicton/topic/transport