Boomerang Beach - Blueys Beach · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Boomerang Beach - Blueys Beach

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.

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📍 Boomerang Beach - Blueys Beach, Urban Centre

Vehicles

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.

  • 2011: 9.3%
  • 2016: 4.9%
  • 2021: 1.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Boomerang Beach - Blueys Beach splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (44%) and 2 vehicles (40%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.

Getting to work

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.

  • 2011: 2.7%
  • 2016: 2.8%
  • 2021: 26.8%

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

1.8% ▲ —

Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 3.9%
  • 2021: 1.8%

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 Boomerang Beach - Blueys Beach, Car (driver) is the majority at 58%; Worked at home is next at 30%.

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 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