5.0% —
Lower than 58% of state electorate areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bicton (South Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Bicton (South Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 62% of people in Bicton drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most households own multiple vehicles, a small number of residents rely on public transport to commute. The area has a modest amount of transit infrastructure, though services are frequent compared to other regions.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Bicton have two cars, and only 5% of households have no motor vehicle. This is about the same as the Western Australian figure and a little below the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bicton (South Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 4.3% of workers use public transport, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, only 10.1% of people work from home, a figure that is far below the national average.
10.1% —
Lower than 64% of state electorate areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.3% —
Higher than 75% 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.
Bicton relies entirely on buses for its public transport. While it has fewer stops and routes than most areas, the number of weekly departures is higher than in many other regions.
138
Lower than 78% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.52
Lower than 73% 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).
1,556.9
Higher than 72% 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).
9
Lower than 87% 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 Bicton (South Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED50805/bicton/topic/transport