4.4% ▼ -37.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bowral · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bowral
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 30% of people who work from home live in Bowral, far exceeding the national figure. While the area has a high number of public transport stops, most residents rely on their own cars to get around. This creates a distinct split between those working locally from home and those commuting by vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 36.5% owning two and 10.8% owning three. Only 4.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales average of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bowral, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (37%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the most common way to get to work for 47.3% of residents. Very few people use public transport to commute, with only 0.5% doing so, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
29.3% ▲ +225.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -72.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
Bowral has 103 public transport stops and 15 routes, with 9.57 stops per 1,000 people being far above the state average. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
103
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.57
Higher than 87% 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).
377.0
Higher than 76% 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).
15
Higher than 86% 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 typically takes 5 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, which is lower than in most similar areas. The drive time to the city is 76 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
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.
76
Higher than 54% 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)).
- 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 Bowral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10534/bowral/topic/transport