4.6% ▼ -22.1%
Lower than 72% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bowman · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Bowman
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few households in Bowman go without a car, with only 4.6% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This makes the area more reliant on private transport than most similar places. While public transport is available, the vast majority of residents depend on their own cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 40.1% owning two and 15% owning three. The proportion of households without a vehicle has fallen to 4.6%, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bowman, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 61.6% of people, while 15.2% work from home. The number of people working from home rose 10 points since 2016, though this remains well below the Australian figure of 21%.
15.2% —
Lower than 52% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% —
Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
Bus services make up 96.4% of public transport options, with 43 routes and 678 stops. There are 4.26 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the Queensland figure, but weekly departures are a little below the state average.
678
Lower than 68% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.26
Lower than 62% of federal 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).
605.1
Lower than 71% of federal 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).
43
Lower than 68% of federal 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 Bowman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED303/bowman/topic/transport