Bolwarrah · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Bolwarrah

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Zero public transport stops make Bolwarrah one of the most isolated areas for transit in the region. Residents rely entirely on private vehicles, as there are no bus or train routes serving the area.

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📍 Bolwarrah, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The most common motor vehicles per home is 3 vehicles at 58%, ahead of 2 vehicles (33%).

Motor vehicles per home

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In Bolwarrah, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and 4 or more (27%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

The most common how people get to work is Car (driver) at 41%, ahead of Worked at home (18%).

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In Bolwarrah, Car (driver) is the majority at 70%; Worked at home is next at 30%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or departures in Bolwarrah, which is far below the Victorian figure of 4.4 stops per 1,000 people.

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Lower than 99% 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).

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Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is difficult without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 67 minutes, which is much higher than in most similar areas.

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Higher than 89% 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.

89

Higher than 62% 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

  • 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 Bolwarrah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20275/bolwarrah/topic/transport