5.3% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bassendean (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Bassendean (East Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Much higher levels of public transport access than most similar areas define Bassendean (East Metropolitan), where 1,835 weekly departures per 1,000 people are available. This high level of service is mostly provided by buses. However, the area remains very car-dependent for the daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 39.3% owning two vehicles. Only 5.3% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and is about the same as the Western Australian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bassendean (East Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 65.4% of people as the driver. Only 6.4% of residents work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
6.4% ▲ +173.1%
Lower than 84% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.6% ▼ -28.6%
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 is well served by 251 stops and 16 routes, with 5.81 stops per 1,000 people. This is much higher than most similar areas, and the weekly frequency of services is a little above the state average.
251
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.
5.81
Higher than 75% 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).
1,835.2
Higher than 80% 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).
16
Lower than 76% 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 Bassendean (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED50502/bassendean/topic/transport