2.2% ▼ -43.7%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Boddington · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Boddington
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 64% of people in Boddington drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on private cars. This is a place where almost every home owns a motor vehicle, as only 2.2% of households have none. This trend has grown since 2011, making car ownership even more common here than in the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes lack a car, with only 2.2% having none, which is well below the national figure. Most households are well-equipped, as 36.8% have two vehicles and 20.9% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Boddington, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is uncommon here; only 5.3% do so, which is far below the Australian figure. Public transport use for work is also low at 1.7% and has fallen 6.8 points since 2011.
5.3% ▲ +31.5%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▼ -79.9%
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 is limited, with only three stops and two bus routes. This means the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian average.
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.
1.76
Lower than 65% 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).
27.6
Lower than 57% 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).
2
Lower than 67% of council (lga) 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 to the city takes a long time, with a drive time of 243 minutes. This is among the highest for similar areas.
243
Higher than 99% of council (lga) 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 Boddington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50630/boddington/topic/transport