6.1% ▼ -16.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
East Bunbury · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in East Bunbury
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport stops and routes than most similar areas define East Bunbury. While the area is well-served by 30 stops, very few people actually use these services for their daily commute. Most residents rely on cars to get around, with 68.9% driving themselves to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 6.1% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Western Australian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In East Bunbury, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home here, at 3.8%, which is far below the national figure. Only 1.2% of workers use public transport, a rate well below the state average.
3.8% ▲ +61.9%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -43.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
East Bunbury has 7.46 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state figure. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian average.
30
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.
7.46
Higher than 86% 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).
862.9
Higher than 85% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 101 minutes to drive to the city, which is higher than most areas. The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes around 7 minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
101
Higher than 70% 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)).
- 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 East Bunbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50452/east-bunbury/topic/transport