10.2% ▼ -29.5%
Higher than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bourke · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Bourke
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the people who work in Bourke drive themselves to their jobs. Most households rely on cars to get around, though 10.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most other areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two vehicles, while 10.2% have none. This lack of a car is a little above the state and national figures, although it has fallen 4.3 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bourke splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (35%) and 2 vehicles (32%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is not used for commuting here, with 0.0% of workers using it. Instead, 53.3% drive to work and 11.3% walk, while 12.8% work from home, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average.
12.8% ▲ +32.4%
Higher than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Public transport access is very limited, with only three stops and four routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure, and all services are provided by bus.
3
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.28
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
8.5
Lower than 71% of council (lga) 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).
4
Lower than 57% of council (lga) 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bourke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11150/bourke/topic/transport