6.9% —
Higher than 65% of state electorate areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Balcatta (North Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Balcatta (North Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 65% of working residents in Balcatta drive themselves to work, making cars the dominant way to get around. While most homes rely on vehicles, a small number of households live without one. The area is well-served by buses and frequent public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.9% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most areas. Most households keep one or two cars, with 43.7% having one vehicle and 36.2% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Balcatta (North Metropolitan), the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is at 5.6%, which is much higher than most areas. Conversely, only 6.9% of people work from home, a figure that is far below the national average.
6.9% —
Lower than 81% of state electorate areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.6% —
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
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.
Balcatta has 249 public transport stops and 37 routes, all of which are bus services. With 2,036.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service frequency is much higher than in most other areas.
249
Lower than 53% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.50
Higher than 69% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
2,036.7
Higher than 86% of state electorate 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).
37
Higher than 73% of state electorate 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Balcatta (North Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED50304/balcatta/topic/transport