0.6% ▼ -96.7%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 0.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bowen Mountain · Urban Centre
Transport & Vehicles in Bowen Mountain
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Bowen Mountain now owns a car, a massive shift from 2011 when nearly 19% had none. This reliance on private transport is reflected in the way people travel, with over half of workers driving to their jobs. While most residents depend on cars, working from home has become a common alternative for 26.7% of the workforce.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are essential here, with 0.6% of homes having no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. Half of all households own two vehicles, and nearly 12% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bowen Mountain, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 50%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged since 2011 to reach 26.7%, which is well above the Australian figure. Public transport is almost never used for commuting, with 0% of people using it to get to work.
26.7% ▲ +1348.0%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 26.7%
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: 0.4%
- 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.
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 Bowen Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115025/bowen-mountain/topic/transport