11.8% ▼ -26.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bourke · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bourke
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More homes in Bourke live without a car than in most similar areas. While the town has more public transport routes and stops than about 85% of similar places, very few people actually use these services to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. Most homes have one or two cars, with 40.2% owning a single vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bourke, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes by public transport, and only 5.1% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%. Most people drive themselves to work, while 14.5% walk.
5.1% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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.
Public transport options are limited to buses, with only one stop and four routes serving the area. Weekly departures are far below the state figure, with just 5.9 trips per 1,000 people.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.59
Higher than 60% 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).
5.9
Higher than 58% 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).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bourke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10520/bourke/topic/transport