7.0% ▼ -35.7%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bolton Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bolton Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Bolton Point compared to the rest of the state. Most residents rely on private cars to get around, and the typical home here has at least one motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 31.1% having two and 10.6% having three. Only 7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bolton Point, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to work for 60.7% of residents. Working from home is far less common here than in New South Wales, with only 15.4% of the workforce doing so.
15.4% ▲ +396.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -80.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 17 bus stops and 3 routes, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the New South Wales figure.
17
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.
8.00
Higher than 86% 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).
858.8
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.
It takes 91 minutes to drive to the city, which is longer than in most areas. Despite the distance, the walk to the nearest transport stop is among the lowest for this level.
0
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.
91
Higher than 63% 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 Bolton Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10448/bolton-point/topic/transport