3.7% ▼ -44.7%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Laurieton - Bonny Hills · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Laurieton - Bonny Hills
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer households live without a car in Laurieton - Bonny Hills than in the rest of the state. Only 3.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 9.2%. This heavy reliance on private cars is reflected in how people get to work and the limited public transport options available.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 38.7% owning two and 39% owning one. The proportion of households without a vehicle has fallen by 3 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Laurieton - Bonny Hills splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 66.5% of people as the driver. Only 0.6% use public transport, and 12.1% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
12.1% ▲ +92.7%
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 sparse, with only 1.24 stops per 1,000 people, far below the state average of 5.27. Weekly departures are also much lower than in most areas, and buses make up 97.4% of all services.
23
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.24
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
58.5
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
20
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 a transit stop can be difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest one takes 28 minutes. This is much higher than in most other areas.
28
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
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 Laurieton - Bonny Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108041162/laurieton-bonny-hills/topic/transport