1.7% ▲ +182.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Boambee · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Boambee
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Boambee than across the rest of the country. Only 1.7% of households have no motor vehicle, making the area much more car-dependent than the state or national averages. Most residents rely on their own vehicles to get around this part of Coffs Harbour.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 62.7% of homes owning three or more vehicles. This helps explain why the number of homes without a car is well below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Boambee, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (20%) and 1 vehicle (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 64.5% of people as the driver. This is consistent with the fact that no one in the area commutes using public transport, and the 14.1% who work from home is well below the national figure.
14.1% ▲ +68.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 14.1%
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: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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.
Boambee has 10 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is more than about 82% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.65
Higher than 80% 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).
108.5
Higher than 69% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
The walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 5 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas.
5
Lower than 68% 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 Boambee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10420/boambee/topic/transport