Bishops Bridge · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Bishops Bridge

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A total reliance on cars defines transport in Bishops Bridge, where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle. With no public transport stops or routes available, residents must drive for all their needs, including the long trip to the city.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home in the area has a car, which is well below the 9.2% of New South Wales households that have none. Most homes are well-equipped, with 27.8% owning two vehicles and 17.7% owning four or more.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Bishops Bridge, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 31%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (25%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Cars are the primary way to get to work, used by 59% of residents as drivers. While 18.8% of people work from home, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.

18.8% ▲ +198.5%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.3%
  • 2016: 4.3%
  • 2021: 18.8%

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: 2.4%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Bishops Bridge, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Worked at home is next at 23%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This puts the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people at 0, which is far below the state figure of 1,313.6.

0.00

Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is difficult without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 73 minutes. The drive time to the city is also much higher than most areas at 110 minutes.

73

Higher than 93% 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.

110

Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.

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 Bishops Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10379/bishops-bridge/topic/transport