0.9% ▼ -50.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 0.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Boyanup · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Boyanup
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Boyanup than in the rest of Australia, with only 0.9% of households without a vehicle. This reliance on private transport is clear, as the vast majority of residents depend on cars to get around the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here have multiple cars, with 37.6% owning two and 21.8% owning three. This high rate of ownership means the share of homes without a motor vehicle is well below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Boyanup, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 67.1% of residents. Very few people work from home at 7.1%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
7.1% ▲ +23.4%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 consists entirely of buses, with two routes and two stops serving the area. While this is more than most similar areas, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian figure.
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.
1.53
Higher than 63% 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).
16.9
Higher than 59% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes much longer to drive to the city from Boyanup than most other areas, with a travel time of 109 minutes. The walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 18 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
18
Higher than 57% 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.
109
Higher than 74% 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)).
- 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 Boyanup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50169/boyanup/topic/transport