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.
Boxwood Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Boxwood Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A striking 39% of workers in Boxwood Hill work from home, which is far above the national figure of 21%. This makes the area very different from the rest of Australia, with a strong reliance on private cars and remote work for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Boxwood Hill has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national rates for households without a car. Most homes own two vehicles, while 24% of households have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Boxwood Hill, 2 vehicles is the majority at 54%; 3 vehicles is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common way to get to work at 39%, which is much higher than most areas. The rest of the workforce relies almost entirely on driving, as no one here uses public transport to commute.
39.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 39.0%
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 are 21.98 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Western Australian average. However, the 22 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure, showing that the available bus services are very infrequent.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
21.98
Higher than 93% 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).
22.0
Higher than 60% 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).
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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Boxwood Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50167/boxwood-hill/topic/transport