1.1% ▼ -87.9%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Boomerang Beach - Blueys Beach · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Boomerang Beach - Blueys Beach relies on a car for daily life. Only 1.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, making it a place where personal transport is nearly universal. This heavy reliance on cars shapes how people get around and where they work.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, while 11.6% own three. The proportion of households without a vehicle has fallen sharply since 2011 and is now well below the New South Wales figure.
1.1% ▼ -87.9%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Boomerang Beach - Blueys Beach splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (44%) and 2 vehicles (40%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 26.8% since 2011, which is well above the national figure. While over half of workers drive, a small number of people now use public transport to get to work.
26.8% ▲ +884.4%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% ▲ —
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Boomerang Beach - Blueys Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121010/boomerang-beach-blueys-beach/topic/transport