1.7% ▼ -58.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bemboka · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bemboka
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people live without a car in Bemboka than the national figure, with only 1.7% of homes lacking a vehicle. This heavy reliance on private transport is a key feature of the area, where the vast majority of residents depend on their own cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here have multiple cars, with 44.1% owning two and 13.5% owning four or more. Only 1.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bemboka, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 4 or more (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work for 60.6% of residents, and no one uses public transport. Those who work from home make up 14.3% of the workforce, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
14.3% ▲ +16.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 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.
While Bemboka has more public transport routes and stops than many similar areas, the actual service is very limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure, with all services provided by buses.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.40
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).
23.8
Higher than 60% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 a transport stop can be difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 24 minutes. This is higher than in most other similar areas.
24
Higher than 62% 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 Bemboka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10284/bemboka/topic/transport