North Boyanup · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in North Boyanup

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every single household in North Boyanup owns a car, making it a place where private vehicles are essential. The area is quite remote, with a typical drive time of 159 minutes to the nearest city. While most people drive to work, a small number of residents use public transport.

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📍 North Boyanup, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Private cars are ubiquitous here, as 0% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, with 39.1% of households owning two vehicles and 22.7% owning four or more.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In North Boyanup, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 4 or more (25%) and 3 vehicles (24%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 63.6% of residents. About 12.5% work from home, which is well above the Western Australian figure, while 2.2% use public transport.

12.5% ▲ +75.0%

Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.1%
  • 2016: 10.3%
  • 2021: 12.5%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

2.2% ▲ +11.6%

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.9%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 2.2%

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.

How people get to work

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In North Boyanup, Car (driver) is the majority at 76%; Worked at home is next at 15%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is virtually non-existent in the area. There are no routes or stops available, leaving the local transit access far below the state average.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is almost entirely dependent on cars, especially since the drive time to the city is 159 minutes, among the highest for similar areas.

159

Higher than 91% 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 North Boyanup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51132/north-boyanup/topic/transport