14.0% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bolivar · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bolivar
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A striking 14% of Bolivar homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the national average. This lack of private transport is mirrored in the way people travel, with a much higher share of residents using public transport to get to work than in most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Many households here lack a car, with 14% of homes having no motor vehicle, which is well above the South Australian figure of 7.2%. For those who do own them, 57.3% of homes have just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bolivar, 1 vehicle is the majority at 54%; 2 vehicles is next at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is 8.2%, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. Conversely, working from home is much lower than most areas, at just 7.2%.
7.2% ▲ —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.2% ▲ —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.2%
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.
While the area has more public transport routes and stops than many similar places, it is served entirely by buses. Despite this, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.80
Higher than 69% 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).
19.6
Higher than 59% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 49 minutes, which is lower than the time it takes for most similar areas.
49
Lower 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
- 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 Bolivar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40133/bolivar/topic/transport