5.4% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Banora Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Banora Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people here use public transport than in most similar areas, yet Banora Point remains heavily reliant on cars. While the area has a high number of transit stops and routes for its size, very few people actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 40.3% owning one and 37.4% owning two. Only 5.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Banora Point splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is dominated by cars, with 66.9% of people driving. Only 0.3% use public transport to commute, while 10.8% work from home, a figure far below the national average of 21.0%.
10.8% ▲ +196.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -68.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 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.
The area is served by seven different bus routes and 58 stops, which is among the largest number of stops for a place of this level. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
58
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.52
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
425.5
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality 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
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 9 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for similar areas.
9
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality 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/sal/SAL10186/banora-point/topic/transport