8.1% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 74% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Boothby · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Boothby
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than double the national rate of people use public transport to get to work in Boothby, which is a standout feature for the area. While most residents still rely on cars, the suburb has an extensive network of transit options and very short trip times to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.1% of homes in Boothby have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. The most common setup is one or two vehicles, with 39.1% and 36.8% of households respectively.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Boothby splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used by 6.0% of workers, which is a little above the South Australian figure, though this fell from 7.4% in 2016. Working from home rose to 12.0% since 2016, but this remains well below the national figure of 21.0%.
12.0% —
Lower than 64% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.0% —
Higher than 87% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 6.0%
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.
The area has a very strong transit network with 123 routes and 978 stops. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the state figure, with buses making up nearly 90% of the service.
978
Higher than 80% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.57
Higher than 77% 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).
1,784.3
Higher than 79% 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).
123
Higher than 88% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting across the region is efficient, with a typical drive time to the city of just 13 minutes. Residents also enjoy quick access to transit, with the walk to the nearest stop taking only 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 65% of federal electorate areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
13
Lower than 88% of federal electorate areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Boothby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED403/boothby/topic/transport