Bower · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Bower

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A long commute is the defining feature of transport in Bower, where the drive to the city takes 148 minutes. This makes it one of the most isolated areas at this level, with no public transport services available for residents.

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📍 Bower, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 79%, ahead of 1 vehicle (57%).

Motor vehicles per home

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In Bower, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 50%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 4 or more (14%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

The most common how people get to work is Car (driver) at 100%, ahead of Worked at home (56%).

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In Bower, Car (driver) is the majority at 64%; Worked at home is next at 36%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in Bower. This puts the area far below the South Australian figure for stops and departures per 1,000 people.

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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).

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city from here takes 148 minutes, which is among the highest drive times for areas at this level.

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Higher than 89% 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

  • 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 Bower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40147/bower/topic/transport