3.5% ▲ +7.4%
Lower than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Butler (North Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Butler (North Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people live without a car in Butler compared to the national figure, as only 3.5% of homes lack a vehicle. Most households rely heavily on cars for travel, though a small but growing number of residents use public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with 41% of homes owning two vehicles and another 12% owning three. Only 3.5% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is much lower than most areas and has barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Butler (North Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) 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 for 60.3% of residents, while only 6.4% work from home, which is far below the national figure. Public transport use for commuting is 4.9%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
6.4% ▲ +15.3%
Lower than 84% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.9% ▲ +34.4%
Higher than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.9%
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.
Butler has a good level of service with 319 stops and 15 routes, resulting in 5.65 stops per 1,000 people. This is higher than most areas and about the same as the Western Australian figure, with buses making up 94.6% of the service.
319
Higher than 66% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.65
Higher than 72% 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).
1,623.8
Higher than 74% 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).
15
Lower than 77% 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 Butler (North Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED51104/butler/topic/transport