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.
Bow Bridge · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bow Bridge
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Bow Bridge than in the rest of Western Australia. While the state average is 7.5%, nearly a quarter of the local workforce handles their jobs from home, reflecting a lifestyle less dependent on traditional commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Bow Bridge has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure where 7.4% of households have none. Most homes are well equipped, with 27.6% having two vehicles and 20.7% having three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bow Bridge, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (29%) and 1 vehicle (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 23.1%, which is far above the state average. Because of this, no one in the area uses public transport to get to work, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
23.1% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
There is only one bus route and one stop in the area, and while this is more than many similar places, the weekly departures are far below the state average. This means public transport options are very limited for the population.
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.
13.33
Higher than 89% 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).
186.7
Higher than 73% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes about 78 minutes, which is among the highest times seen for areas at this level.
78
Higher than 95% 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.
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 Bow Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50163/bow-bridge/topic/transport