2.0% ▼ -34.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bobs Farm · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bobs Farm
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one uses public transport to commute in Bobs Farm, despite the area having a very high number of bus stops. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around, with only 2% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This creates a sharp contrast with the rest of New South Wales, where far more people use transit and have no car at home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 41.5% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 2.0% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the 9.2% figure for New South Wales.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bobs Farm, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Not a single person uses public transport to get to work, a figure well below the national average of 3.1%. Working from home is also less common at 17.5%, which is far below the 31.0% seen across New South Wales.
17.5% ▲ +43.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 17.5%
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: 1.7%
- 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.
The area has 27 public transport stops across 3 bus routes. This gives Bobs Farm 40.79 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 5.27.
27
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
40.79
Higher 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).
2,619.3
Higher than 95% 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.
A typical walk to the nearest stop takes only 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 123 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
123
Higher than 82% 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 Bobs Farm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10428/bobs-farm/topic/transport