2.7% ▼ -26.3%
Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Boyup Brook · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Boyup Brook
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for daily life in Boyup Brook, where only 2.7% of homes lack a motor vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is reflected in the fact that over half of all households own two or more vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 71.5% of homes owning two or more vehicles. This means far fewer households are without a car compared to both the state and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Boyup Brook, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is a major trend in Boyup Brook, with 28% of the workforce doing so—a figure far above the state average. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 1.1%.
28.0% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▲ +17.1%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 options are very limited, with only two routes and three stops serving the area. This is far below the Western Australian average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
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.
1.64
Lower than 66% 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).
8.7
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).
2
Lower than 67% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Boyup Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50770/boyup-brook/topic/transport