5.9% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Bowenfels · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in South Bowenfels
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people rely on private cars in South Bowenfels than in most similar areas. While public transport stops are common, almost no one uses them to get to work, and the typical drive to the city takes a long 121 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 35.2% have two. Only 5.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →South Bowenfels splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 3 vehicles at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 72.3% of residents. Very few people work from home at 8.8%, a figure far below the New South Wales rate of 31%.
8.8% ▲ +142.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 8.8%
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: 1.2%
- 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.
The area has 7 stops and one bus route, which is more than about 72% of similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
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.
5.28
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).
198.3
Higher than 73% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around on foot is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 42 minutes. This is much higher than most areas.
42
Higher than 75% 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.
121
Higher than 81% 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 South Bowenfels [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13594/south-bowenfels/topic/transport