6.6% ▼ -57.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Booragul · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Booragul
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
High levels of public transport access define daily travel in Booragul, where residents enjoy a very short walk to their nearest stop. While most people still rely on cars to get to work, the area has more transport stops and frequent departures than the state average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 6.6% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than in most similar areas, even though it is a little below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Booragul, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 59.3% of people as the driver. Only 12.1% of residents work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.
12.1% ▲ +333.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -76.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 is very accessible, with 9.24 stops per 1,000 people and 1,701.2 weekly departures, both far above the state averages. There are 15 stops across 4 routes, and buses are the dominant mode at 94.5%.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.24
Higher than 87% 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).
1,701.2
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 only 2 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is much lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 92 minutes, higher than in most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
92
Higher than 64% 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 Booragul [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10493/booragul/topic/transport