Busselton · Urban Area

Transport & Vehicles in Busselton

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Fewer than 3.2% of homes in Busselton have no motor vehicle, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This high level of car ownership shapes how people move around the region. Most residents rely on their own cars to get to work and go about their daily lives.

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📍 Busselton, Urban Area

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost 41% of households own two cars, and over 21% have three or more. The proportion of homes without any vehicle has fallen to 3.2%, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%.

3.2% ▼ -35.2%

Lower than 92% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 4.9%
  • 2016: 3.4%
  • 2021: 3.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Busselton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the dominant way to travel, with 62.9% of workers driving themselves to work. While 9.1% of people now work from home, only 1.2% use public transport, which is much lower than the state figure of 4.7%.

9.1% ▲ +40.6%

Higher than 55% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 6.5%
  • 2016: 6.6%
  • 2021: 9.1%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.2% ▼ -9.0%

Higher than 72% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 1.3%
  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 2021: 1.2%

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.

How people get to work

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In Busselton, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Worked at home is next at 11%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Busselton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/5004/busselton/topic/transport