6.2% ▼ -32.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bombala · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bombala
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people live without a car in Bombala than in most similar areas, though the vast majority of households still own at least one vehicle. This is a place where getting around relies heavily on private transport, as almost no one uses public transit to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
While 6.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, this is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households are well equipped, with 70.6% owning either one or two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bombala splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (35%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 71.1% of residents. Very few people work from home at 6.8%, which is far below the national figure of 21%, and no one commutes via public transport.
6.8% ▲ +46.6%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 6.8%
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: 0.5%
- 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.
There are 3 public transport routes and 2 stops in the area, all of which are bus services. However, with only 7.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service levels are far below the New South Wales figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.46
Higher than 63% 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).
7.3
Higher than 58% 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 transport stop takes about 39 minutes on average, which is higher than in most similar areas.
39
Higher than 73% 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 Bombala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10454/bombala/topic/transport