7.1% ▼ -31.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Botany · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Botany
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than a third of people in Botany now work from home, a trend that has seen this area far exceed the national figure. While most residents still rely on cars, the suburb is well-connected with 32 public transport stops and a very short 12-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.1% of homes in Botany have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. The most common setup is one or two vehicles, with 41.6% of homes having one and 38.4% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Botany splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (42%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 9%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 35.4% of the workforce doing so, which is far above the Australian figure of 21.0%. Other ways of getting to work are less common, with 39.2% driving as the main driver and only 2.0% using public transport.
35.4% ▲ +1536.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▼ -82.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
Botany has 32 public transport stops, among the largest number for its area type, and 1,735 weekly departures per 1,000 people is well above the state figure. All these services are buses, and the typical walk to the nearest stop is just 5 minutes.
32
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.
2.47
Higher than 67% 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).
1,735.0
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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
34,533
Higher than 86% 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).
94,298
Higher than 77% 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).
58
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city is fast, with a 12-minute drive time that is much lower than most areas. Public transport is also accessible, as a 30-minute trip by transit can reach over 34,000 people.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
12
Lower than 92% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Botany [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10515/botany/topic/transport