3.9% ▼ -16.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Safety Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Safety Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Safety Bay than across Australia, where the national figure is 21% compared to just 7% here. While the area is well-served by local bus stops, most residents still rely on cars to get around. The Typical household has two vehicles, reflecting a strong dependence on driving for daily trips.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 39% of households own two. Only 3.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Safety Bay splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 63.1% of people taking the wheel. Only 3.2% use public transport, which is about the same as the Australian average.
7.0% ▲ +144.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.2% ▼ -27.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 3.2%
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.
Safety Bay has a high number of public transport stops and routes compared to similar areas, with 54 stops in total. However, the 71-minute transit time to the city is much higher than most areas.
54
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.05
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).
1,347.3
Higher than 88% 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).
6
Higher than 86% 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).
49,492
Higher than 64% 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).
71
Higher than 76% 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.
It is very easy to reach a transit point, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 3 minutes. The drive time to the city is 37 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
37
Lower than 69% 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 Safety Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51319/safety-bay/topic/transport