0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bowning · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bowning
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people in Bowning have access to public transport stops than in most similar areas, yet the community remains heavily dependent on cars. Every single home here has at least one motor vehicle, reflecting a lifestyle where private transport is essential for getting around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal in Bowning, with 0% of homes lacking a vehicle. This is well below the 9.2% of New South Wales homes without a car, and most local households own multiple vehicles, with 23.6% having four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bowning, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 4 or more (24%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 61% of residents. While 18.7% of the workforce works from home, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%, and no one uses public transport for their daily commute.
18.7% ▲ +34.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 18.7%
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: 2.5%
- 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.
Bowning has two public transport routes and two stops, which is more than about 72% of similar areas. However, with only 22.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service levels are far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.23
Higher than 70% 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).
22.6
Higher than 60% 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.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes 23 minutes on average, which is higher than in most similar areas.
23
Higher than 61% 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).
More for Bowning
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bowning [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10533/bowning/topic/transport