5.9% ▲ —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Booroobin · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Booroobin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher share of people work from home in Booroobin than in most other areas, with 33.7% of the workforce doing so. This reflects a community where private cars are the primary way to get around and public transport is almost entirely absent.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 39.2% owning two vehicles and 19.6% owning three. However, 5.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Booroobin, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Private cars are the main way to get to work for 49.5% of residents. Because there is no public transport use, the 33.7% who work from home is far above the national figure of 21.0%.
33.7% ▲ +122.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 33.7%
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: 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, leaving the number of weekly departures far below the Queensland figure.
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
It typically takes 71 minutes to drive from Booroobin to the city, a travel time that is around the middle for its level.
71
Higher than 51% 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).
More for Booroobin
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Booroobin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30330/booroobin/topic/transport