4.2% ▼ -48.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bullaburra · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bullaburra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over a third of working residents in Bullaburra work from home, far more than the national figure. This high rate of remote work, combined with very high car ownership, shapes how people move around this part of the Blue Mountains.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households go without a car here, with only 4.2% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bullaburra splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common, with 35.5% of people doing so, which is far above the Australian average of 21%. Most others drive, while only 1.4% use public transport to get to work.
35.5% ▲ +572.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -84.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 has a high number of stops and routes compared to similar places, and the number of stops per 1,000 people is about the same as the state figure. However, weekly departures are far below the New South Wales average.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.38
Higher than 79% 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).
423.1
Higher than 77% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
6,428
Higher than 53% 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).
17,873
Lower than 53% 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.
Getting to a transit stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive to the city takes around 64 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
64
Lower than 53% 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 Bullaburra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10653/bullaburra/topic/transport