3.6% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bateman (South Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Bateman (South Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Much higher public transport use and access than similar areas marks Bateman as a well-connected suburb. Most households own multiple cars, yet the area provides a very high number of weekly transit departures compared to the state average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 43% of homes owning two vehicles and only 3.6% having none. This rate of car-free households is much lower than most areas and has barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bateman (South Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 59.8% of people drive to work, 5.9% use public transport, which is much higher than most similar areas. Working from home rose to 11.1% since 2011, leaving this suburb well above the Western Australian figure but well below the national average.
11.1% ▲ +158.2%
Lower than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.9% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.9%
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.
Access to transit is a standout feature, with 2,311.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure well above the state average. The area has 262 stops and 22 routes, with buses making up almost all of the local public transport options.
262
Higher than 50% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.93
Higher than 77% 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).
2,311.5
Higher than 89% 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).
22
Lower than 62% 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 Bateman (South Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED50605/bateman/topic/transport