2.6% ▼ -26.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bokarina · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bokarina
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 20% of working residents in Bokarina now work from home, a figure well above the Queensland average. Most households here rely on cars, though the area is remarkably well-served by bus services compared to similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home in Bokarina has a car, with 45.8% owning two vehicles. Only 2.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bokarina, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 58.4% of people. While 19.2% work from home, very few people use public transport to commute, at just 0.8%.
19.2% ▲ +264.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -36.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 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 has an exceptional level of bus access, with 3,138 weekly departures per 1,000 people, far above the Queensland figure. It has 9 stops and 3 different routes serving the community.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.65
Higher than 76% 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).
3,138.0
Higher than 98% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Public transport is very accessible, with the walk to the nearest stop taking only 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is about 67 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
67
Lower than 52% 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 Bokarina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30302/bokarina/topic/transport