18.2% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Bowgada · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bowgada
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A shift toward working from home has shaped how people move around Bowgada, where 18.2% of the workforce now does so. This represents a significant departure from the state average and highlights a reliance on private transport or local travel. With no public transport available, the area depends entirely on cars and walking.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 4 or more at 46%, ahead of 2 vehicles (31%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bowgada, the largest group is 4 or more at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and 3 vehicles (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Instead, most people drive themselves to work (59.1%) or walk (13.6%), while the 18.2% who work from home is far above the Western Australian average.
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.
Public transport is non-existent in Bowgada, with zero stops and zero routes. This leaves the area far below the state average for transport access, as there are no weekly departures for residents.
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 Bowgada [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50166/bowgada/topic/transport