10.0% ▲ +316.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Booerie Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Booerie Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Cars are the primary way to get around Booerie Creek, though 10% of homes have no motor vehicle. While public transport options exist, very few residents use them for their daily commute. This makes private transport essential for most people living in the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 38% owning two and 12% owning four or more. However, the 10% of homes without a vehicle is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Booerie Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (16%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Private cars are the main way to get to work, as no one here uses public transport to commute. This is consistent with the 11.6% who work from home, a figure far below the New South Wales rate of 31%.
11.6% ▲ +12.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 11.6%
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: 0.0%
- 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.
Booerie Creek has six public transport stops and two bus routes, which is among the highest for its level. Despite this, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
46.15
Higher than 99% 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).
461.5
Higher than 78% 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 about 17 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for similar areas.
17
Higher than 56% 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 Booerie Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10473/booerie-creek/topic/transport