Balingup · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Balingup

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

Far fewer homes lack a car in Balingup compared to the state and national figures. Every single household in the area now has at least one motor vehicle, a stark change from a decade ago. Most residents rely on their own cars or work from home to get around.

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📍 Balingup, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Not a single home in Balingup is without a motor vehicle, a figure that fell 31 points since 2011. About 48.5% of households have one vehicle, while 32.6% have two.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 30.9%
  • 2016: 6.1%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Balingup, 1 vehicle is the majority at 52%; 2 vehicles is next at 35%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home has risen to 14.8% since 2011, which is well above the Western Australian figure. While 48.1% of workers drive a car, 10.2% walk to their jobs and 2.8% use public transport.

14.8% ▲ —

Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 10.0%
  • 2021: 14.8%

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

2.8% ▼ -30.6%

Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.0%
  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 2021: 2.8%

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 Balingup, Car (driver) is the majority at 61%; Worked at home is next at 19%.

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 Balingup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522002/balingup/topic/transport