Bombala · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Bombala

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

More homes in Bombala are without a motor vehicle than in most similar areas. While 5.8% of households lack a car, the vast majority of the town relies heavily on private transport to get around.

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📍 Bombala, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have one or two cars, though the proportion of households without a vehicle has risen to 5.8% since 2011. This figure remains well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2%.

5.8% ▲ +170.4%

Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.2%
  • 2016: 6.0%
  • 2021: 5.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Bombala splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Cars are the primary way to get to work for 71.2% of residents, while 6.0% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%. No one in the area uses public transport for their commute.

6.0% ▼ -21.1%

Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 7.6%
  • 2016: 4.7%
  • 2021: 6.0%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.8%
  • 2016: 0.6%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Bombala, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Walked is next at 8%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bombala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115021/bombala/topic/transport