5.6% ▼ -28.6%
Higher than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bunbury (South West) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Bunbury (South West)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people rely on public transport and more households own cars in Bunbury (South West) than they did in 2011. This is a car-dependent area where only 1.5% of workers use public transport to get to their jobs. While the region has a high number of bus stops, very few people actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 38.5% owning two vehicles. Only 5.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a figure that has fallen by 2.2 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bunbury (South West) splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 68.8% of people acting as the driver. Very few residents work from home at 4.1%, a figure that is far below the Australian national average of 21%.
4.1% ▲ +71.6%
Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -43.8%
Lower than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.5%
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.
Bunbury (South West) has 7.87 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the Western Australian figure. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
348
Higher than 72% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.87
Higher than 96% 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).
769.8
Lower than 60% 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).
19
Lower than 70% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bunbury (South West) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED50906/bunbury/topic/transport