42.9% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
East Bowes · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in East Bowes
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive gap in working habits separates East Bowes from the rest of the country, where 42.9% of people work from home. This is far above the national figure of 21%. In a place with no public transport, the vast majority of residents either drive themselves to work or never leave the house for a job.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 56%, ahead of 3 vehicles (19%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In East Bowes, 2 vehicles is the majority at 75%; 3 vehicles is next at 25%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost 43% of workers here work from home, a rate far above the Western Australian figure of 7.5%. This explains why 0% of the workforce uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in East Bowes. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure that is far below the state average.
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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in East Bowes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50451/east-bowes/topic/transport