0.6% ▼ -69.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 0.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bowen Mountain · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bowen Mountain
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all homes in Bowen Mountain have two motor vehicles, making private cars the primary way people move around. The area is heavily reliant on driving, with almost no one using public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes lack a car, with only 0.6% having none. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, as 13% have four or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bowen Mountain, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 27.6%, which is well above the Australian average of 21%. In contrast, 0% of the workforce commutes by public transport, and over half of those who leave the house drive themselves.
27.6% ▲ +918.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 27.6%
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: 2.3%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 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 Bowen Mountain has 21 stops—far more per person than the state average—no one can reach other people within 45 minutes using transit. All available services are buses, but weekly departures are far below the New South Wales figure.
21
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.
13.05
Higher than 89% 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).
559.4
Higher than 79% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 8 minutes. It usually takes about 80 minutes to drive from the area to the city.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
80
Higher than 57% 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 Bowen Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10526/bowen-mountain/topic/transport