Bonny Hills · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Bonny Hills

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Only 2.2% of households in Bonny Hills have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This highlights a strong reliance on private cars for daily travel in this area. Most homes have two or more vehicles to get around.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are common here, with 42.5% of homes owning two vehicles and 24.1% owning three or more. Very few households lack a car compared to the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.

2.2% ▼ -30.6%

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.2%
  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 2.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Bonny Hills, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (14%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 66.7% of people being the driver. Far fewer people work from home here (11.8%) than in the rest of the state, where 31% do so.

11.8% ▲ +95.1%

Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.0%
  • 2016: 6.2%
  • 2021: 11.8%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.5% ▲ +95.1%

Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.3%
  • 2016: 0.2%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Bonny Hills, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 14%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is limited to a single bus route with four stops. While this is more than many similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the New South Wales average.

1.31

Higher than 62% 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).

40.7

Higher than 62% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to public transport can take some time, as the typical walk to the nearest stop is 28 minutes. This is higher than in most other areas.

28

Higher than 65% 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 Bonny Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10468/bonny-hills/topic/transport