0.9% ▼ -82.7%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bawley Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bawley Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer than 1% of homes lack a car in Bawley Point, a figure well below the national average. This heavy reliance on private vehicles is clear, as no one here uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 44% having two and nearly 13% having three. Only 0.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much lower than the 7.4% typical across Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bawley Point, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 54.5% of residents, while 22.9% work from home. This working-from-home rate is a little above the Australian figure, though it remains well below the New South Wales average.
22.9% ▲ +173.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Bawley Point has 5.92 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the state average. However, the 59.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.92
Higher than 81% 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).
59.2
Higher than 64% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Getting to the nearest transport stop typically takes about 15 minutes on foot, which is around the middle for similar areas.
15
Higher than 53% 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 Bawley Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10235/bawley-point/topic/transport