Burnside · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Burnside

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Zero homes without a motor vehicle is the standout feature of transport in Burnside. Every single household in the area owns a car, which is well below the national rate of 7.4%. This total reliance on private vehicles reflects the area's lack of public transport options.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households have multiple cars, with 53.2% owning two and another 27.7% owning three or more. This high level of vehicle ownership is consistent with the fact that no homes in the area are without a car.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Burnside, 2 vehicles is the majority at 54%; 1 vehicle is next at 18%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Over half of the workforce drive themselves to work, while 17.6% work from home, a figure far above the Western Australian average. Only 2.6% use public transport to get to work, which is about the same as the national figure.

17.6%

Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 18.7%
  • 2021: 17.6%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

2.6%

Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Burnside, Car (driver) is the majority at 59%; Worked at home is next at 20%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This puts Burnside far below the state average for transport access, with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people.

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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).

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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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Burnside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50222/burnside/topic/transport