2.3% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Golden Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Golden Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Driving is the primary way of getting around Golden Bay, with 63% of workers commuting by car. Most homes here are well-equipped with vehicles, and the area has more public transport stops than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high, with 42.3% of homes having two vehicles and only 2.3% having none. This lack of vehicle-free homes is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Golden Bay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, at just 5.6%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%. About 3.7% of workers use public transport, a rate that is about the same as the state and national levels.
5.6% ▲ +137.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.7% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 14 public transport stops, which is more than about 84% of similar areas. However, the 2.46 stops per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian figure of 5.48.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.46
Higher than 67% 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).
904.4
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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
22,178
Higher than 76% 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).
46,396
Higher than 63% 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.
Getting to the city is quicker than for most areas, taking 41 minutes. Residents also have a short walk to the nearest stop, which typically takes only 4 minutes.
4
Lower 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.
41
Lower than 67% 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 Golden Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50566/golden-bay/topic/transport