0.8% ▼ -39.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 0.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bouvard · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bouvard
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Bouvard than across the state, with only 0.8% of households without a vehicle. This reliance on cars is reflected in the commute, where over half of the working population drive themselves to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Bouvard have at least one car, and 41% of households own two. The share of homes with no motor vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bouvard, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is less common here than in most similar areas, at 11.5%, though this is still well above the Western Australian figure of 7.5%.
11.5% ▲ +39.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 3.0%
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.
Bouvard has 6.59 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.59
Higher than 84% 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).
98.9
Higher than 68% 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 walk to the nearest stop takes 51 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. It typically takes 66 minutes to drive to the city.
51
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
66
Lower than 52% 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).
More for Bouvard
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bouvard [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50161/bouvard/topic/transport