10.9% ▲ +107.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Boomer Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Boomer Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people live without a car in Boomer Bay than in most similar areas. While 10.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, the area has a high number of people working from home, with 22.2% avoiding a daily trip to the office.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%. For those who do own cars, 34.5% have two vehicles, and 21.8% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Boomer Bay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 33%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 4 or more (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than in the rest of Tasmania, at 22.2%. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%.
22.2% ▲ +144.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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 is only one public transport stop and one bus route serving the area. While this means there are 8.55 stops per 1,000 people—well above the state average—weekly departures are far below the Tasmanian figure.
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.
8.55
Higher than 86% 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).
59.8
Higher than 64% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 39 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas. A walk to the nearest transport stop typically takes about 14 minutes.
14
Higher than 51% 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.
39
Lower than 68% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Boomer Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60062/boomer-bay/topic/transport