4.0% ▼ -28.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Boyup Brook · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Boyup Brook
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are the primary way people move around Boyup Brook, where only 4% of homes lack a motor vehicle. While most residents rely on their own transport, a small number use the limited bus services available in the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have more than one car, with 35.3% owning two and 15% owning three. Very few homes lack a vehicle, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Boyup Brook splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, while 13.3% work from home, a figure well above the state average. Only 1.9% use public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
13.3% ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▲ +37.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 limited to two bus routes and a single stop. While this is more than many similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.
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.
1.07
Higher than 61% 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).
8.5
Higher than 58% 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.
Getting to the nearest transport stop can be a challenge, as it takes a typical 26 minutes to walk there, which is higher than in most areas.
26
Higher than 63% 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 Boyup Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50172/boyup-brook/topic/transport