2.5% ▼ -50.9%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Boddington · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Boddington
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A heavy reliance on private cars defines travel in Boddington, where nearly 38% of homes own two vehicles. With no local public transport services, the town is almost entirely dependent on road travel to connect with the rest of the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, as only 2.5% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, and the typical home owns at least two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Boddington splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 18%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, and only 3.3% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%. While 2.9% use public transport, this is much higher than in most similar areas.
3.3% ▲ +15.1%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.9% ▼ -70.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 2.9%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This puts Boddington far below the Western Australian average for service access.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is a significant journey, with the drive time taking 121 minutes. This is much higher than in most similar areas.
121
Higher than 81% 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 Boddington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50137/boddington/topic/transport