8.7% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bowraville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bowraville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Most people in Bowraville rely on their own cars to get around. While 61.3% of workers drive themselves to their jobs, a notable 8.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 41.2% of homes have one vehicle and 34.4% have two. The 8.7% of households without a car is slightly above the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bowraville, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home here at 9.8%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%. Only 0.8% of workers use public transport, though this is higher than in most similar areas.
9.8% ▲ +34.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -29.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
The area is served by two bus routes and three stops. While the number of stops is higher than in most similar areas, the weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.59
Higher than 68% 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).
81.2
Higher than 66% 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.
Getting to public transport is a challenge in Bowraville, where the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 26 minutes.
26
Higher than 63% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bowraville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10535/bowraville/topic/transport