8.5% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
North Booval · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in North Booval
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 64% of working residents in North Booval drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way to get around. While car use is dominant, the area has a much higher number of homes without any vehicle compared to most similar places. This is a region with strong public transport infrastructure but relatively few people working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.5% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure. Most households have one or two cars, with 40.4% owning just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In North Booval, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 9.9% of people work from home—well below the Queensland and national figures—3.9% use public transport to commute, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
9.9% ▲ +191.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.9% ▼ -54.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 3.9%
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.
North Booval has 13 public transport stops and 26 routes, which is among the largest for its size and well above the state average. Most of these services are buses, making up 66.9% of the network.
13
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.27
Higher than 75% 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).
601.8
Higher than 80% 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).
26
Higher than 87% 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.
The drive time to the city is 31 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas.
31
Lower than 73% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in North Booval [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32168/north-booval/topic/transport