0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Boorooma · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Boorooma
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people rely on public transport in Boorooma compared to the rest of the country. Every single home in the area has at least one motor vehicle, reflecting a strong dependence on cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 50.5% of homes owning two vehicles and no households without a car. This is well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2% for homes with no motor vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Boorooma, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 1 vehicle is next at 26%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 74.5% as the driver and 5.3% as a passenger. Only 8.2% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
8.2% ▲ +6.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 8.2%
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: 0.6%
- 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.
While Boorooma has five public transport stops and two routes, service levels are far below the New South Wales average. All available public transport is provided by buses.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.87
Higher than 69% 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).
187.8
Higher than 73% 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 10 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, which is around the middle for areas of this type.
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.
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 Boorooma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10499/boorooma/topic/transport