2.4% ▼ -66.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Boomerang Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Boomerang Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all homes in Boomerang Beach have two motor vehicles, reflecting a strong reliance on cars for daily travel. The area is very car-dependent, with almost no one using public transport to get to work, though nearly 29% of workers do so from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, and only 2.4% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% and the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Boomerang Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (38%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 28.7% of people doing so, which is well above the Australian figure of 21%. In contrast, 0.0% of the workforce uses public transport, a figure well below the national average.
28.7% ▲ +85.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 28.7%
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.
The area has 16.55 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 5.27. However, there are only 82.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state level.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
16.55
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).
82.7
Higher than 67% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Getting to a transit stop is relatively easy, with a typical walk of 4 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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 Boomerang Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10485/boomerang-beach/topic/transport