1.8% ▲ +200.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bonner · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bonner
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Bonner than in the rest of the territory, with only 1.8% of households without a vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is reflected in the way most people travel for work and the long travel times to the city by transit.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost half of all homes have two vehicles, and 15% have three. Very few households go without a car, which is well below the figures for the ACT and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bonner, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive as the sole occupant of a car. While 11.5% work from home, this is well below the national figure and about the same as the ACT.
11.5% ▲ +640.7%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% ▼ -31.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 here is entirely bus-based, and while there are more stops than in many similar areas, the 71-minute trip to the city is much higher than most areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are also far below the territory average.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.36
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).
171.5
Higher than 72% 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).
11,774
Higher than 62% 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).
27,201
Higher than 54% 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).
71
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city by car takes only 19 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also enjoy a short walk to the nearest stop, taking only 3 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
19
Lower than 84% 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 Bonner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80025/bonner/topic/transport