0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bookara · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bookara
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far lower rate of people working from home defines Bookara compared to the rest of the country. While only 4.4% of workers stay home, almost every single household in the area relies on a car for transport. This highlights a strong dependence on private vehicles for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in Bookara is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures. Most households are heavily equipped, with nearly 30% owning two cars and another 22.9% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bookara, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 4 or more (31%) and 3 vehicles (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The majority of people drive to work, with 55.9% as the driver and 7.4% as a passenger. A small group of 4.4% use public transport, which is a little above the national figure, while the 4.4% working from home is far below the Australian average.
4.4% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.4% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 routes or stops in Bookara. This means the area has zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the Western Australian average.
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).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bookara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50145/bookara/topic/transport