7.2% ▼ -61.1%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Booker Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Booker Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home is a dominant part of daily life in Booker Bay, where 31.7% of residents do so. This far exceeds the national figure of 21%, marking it as a place where many avoid the daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 50.5% of homes have one motor vehicle, while 30.8% have two. The 7.2% of households without a car is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Booker Bay, 1 vehicle is the majority at 50%; 2 vehicles is next at 31%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work (1.2%), which is much higher than in most similar areas but still a little below the state and national figures. Most residents either drive or work from home.
31.7% ▲ +949.0%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -86.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 20 public transport stops and 6 routes, with 2,302.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people. These figures are among the highest at this level and far above the New South Wales average, though all services are buses.
20
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.
13.87
Higher than 89% 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).
2,302.4
Higher than 93% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The walk to the nearest stop is among the shortest for similar areas. It typically takes 64 minutes to drive to the city, which is around the middle 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.
64
Lower than 53% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Booker Bay
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Booker Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10475/booker-bay/topic/transport