1.6% ▼ -75.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Boggabri · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Boggabri
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership has remained central to life in Boggabri, where very few households get by without a vehicle. While public transport is available, it is used by only a small minority of the workforce compared to those who drive.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 1.6% of homes lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households have at least two cars, with 38.1% owning exactly two and 25.5% owning three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Boggabri splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 61% of workers drive themselves to work, while those working from home (10.3%) are far fewer than the state average of 31%. A little more than the national figure use public transport to commute, at 5.2%.
10.3% ▲ +11.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.2% ▲ —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 5.2%
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.
Boggabri has three public transport stops and routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the 20 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.49
Higher than 67% 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).
20.0
Higher than 59% 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.
Getting to the nearest transport stop is quick for residents, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes, which is much lower 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.
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 Boggabri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10441/boggabri/topic/transport