0.7% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bayview · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bayview
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 75% of working residents in Bayview drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on private cars. This is a highly vehicle-dependent area where very few homes go without a car, and the vast majority of people use their own transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with only 0.7% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is far below the Northern Territory rate of 11.1% and well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bayview, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, while only 0.9% use public transport. Working from home is rare at 5.4%, which is far below the Australian average of 21.0%.
5.4% ▲ +158.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -28.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
Public transport is exclusively provided by buses, with five routes and five stops. While the number of stops per 1,000 people is higher than most areas, the weekly number of departures is far below the Northern Territory figure.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.94
Higher than 69% 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).
273.2
Higher than 74% 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).
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).
2,563
Lower than 68% 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).
57
Lower than 51% 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.
A typical resident in Bayview faces a 7-minute walk to reach the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for similar areas.
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.
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 Bayview [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70025/bayview/topic/transport