0.8% ▼ -65.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Boat Harbour · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Boat Harbour
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for daily life in Boat Harbour, where almost every home owns at least one vehicle. While the area has a high number of transport stops, the lack of public transport use means most residents rely on driving or working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are nearly universal here, with only 0.8% of homes having no motor vehicle—a figure well below the New South Wales average of 9.2%. Most households have two vehicles (44%) or three (19.8%), and 10.3% own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Boat Harbour, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Instead, 50.4% of workers drive and 26.7% work from home, a rate that is well above the Australian average of 21%.
26.7% ▲ +271.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 26.7%
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: 0.7%
- 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.
The area has 10 public transport stops and 3 routes, meaning there are 10.07 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, the 858 weekly departures per 1,000 people is well 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.
10.07
Higher than 87% 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).
858.0
Higher than 85% 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.
Walking to the nearest stop takes only 1 minute, which is much lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 133 minutes, which is much higher than in most other areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
133
Higher than 86% 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).
More for Boat Harbour
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Boat Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10424/boat-harbour/topic/transport