4.8% ▼ -61.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Boolaroo · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Boolaroo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people live without a car in Boolaroo than in the typical Australian home. While the area is well-served by public transport, most residents rely on their own vehicles for travel. Only 4.8% of households are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the state figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 37.8% owning two vehicles and 36.3% owning one. Very few households lack a vehicle, a figure that is a little below the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Boolaroo splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 59.6% of residents. Working from home is less common here than in the rest of the state, at 18.6%, and only 1.0% of workers use public transport.
18.6% ▲ +2443.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -40.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 access is very high, with 7.33 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the New South Wales figure. The area has 12 stops and 4 routes, with bus services making up 88.2% of the options.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.33
Higher than 86% 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).
1,722.5
Higher than 90% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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 96 minutes to drive to the city, which is higher than most areas. A walk to the nearest transport stop typically takes about 10 minutes.
10
Lower than 54% 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.
96
Higher than 66% 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 Boolaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10480/boolaroo/topic/transport