0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bombo · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bombo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Bombo than the national average, with every single household owning at least one vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is reflected in the daily commute, as no residents use public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as 0% of homes are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Over half of all households own two vehicles, and 11.9% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bombo, 2 vehicles is the majority at 55%; 1 vehicle is next at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 63.7% of residents. While 20.9% work from home—a figure about the same as the national average—no one in the area commutes by bus or train.
20.9% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
Public transport infrastructure is surprisingly strong, with 17.14 stops per 1,000 people and 2,971.4 weekly departures, both of which are far above the New South Wales figures. Most of this service is provided by trains.
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.
17.14
Higher than 91% 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).
2,971.4
Higher than 97% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 87 minutes to drive to the city, which is longer than most areas. A typical resident faces an 11-minute walk to reach the nearest transport stop.
11
Lower than 53% 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.
87
Higher than 61% 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 Bombo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10457/bombo/topic/transport