3.6% ▲ —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Torbay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Torbay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Torbay now relies on a car for transport. While most residents drive to work, about 15.6% work from home, which is well above the Western Australian figure. The area has no public transport routes or stops, making private vehicles essential for getting around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with 45.9% of homes owning two vehicles and 21.6% having four or more. Only 3.6% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Torbay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 4 or more (22%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, while 15.6% work from home. A small number of people use public transport to commute, at 2.2%, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
15.6% ▲ +18.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▲ —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.2%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Torbay. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure that is far below the state average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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).
0.0
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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Torbay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51462/torbay/topic/transport