5.2% —
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Banora Point · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Banora Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people use public transport in Banora Point than in most similar areas. The suburb is heavily reliant on cars, with nearly 77% of workers driving to their jobs and only 0.3% using public transit to commute. This dependence on vehicles is reflected in the low number of transit departures compared to the state average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Banora Point have at least one car, with 38.7% having one and 38.3% having two. Only 5.2% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 9.2% and has barely changed since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Banora Point splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work here, while only 0.3% of residents commute by public transport, which is much lower than most areas. Those working from home rose to 11.0% in 2021, though this remains far below the national figure of 21.0%.
11.0% —
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% —
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 in the area is exclusively buses, but service levels are low. With only 437.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people, Banora Point is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
60
Higher 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.
3.68
Lower than 60% 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).
437.5
Lower than 64% 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).
7
Lower than 52% 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.
The typical resident in Banora Point spends about 5 minutes walking to their nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for its level.
5
Higher than 50% 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 Banora Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/112031550/banora-point/topic/transport