0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bowmans Forest · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bowmans Forest
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Bowmans Forest owns a car, making it a more vehicle-dependent area than many others. While there is no public transport available, about 22% of the local workforce is able to work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home here has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the Victoria and Australia figures. Most households are well-equipped, with 72.5% owning three or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bowmans Forest, 2 vehicles is the majority at 58%; 3 vehicles is next at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 54.7% of residents. This is consistent with the lack of public transport, as 0% of workers commute via bus or train.
21.9% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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).
0.0
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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bowmans Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20312/bowmans-forest/topic/transport