Boyup Brook · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Boyup Brook

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

Zero people use public transport to get to work in Boyup Brook, highlighting a complete reliance on private travel. Most households here own at least one car, though the number of homes without any vehicle has risen to 7.8% since 2011.

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📍 Boyup Brook, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 7.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Western Australian figure. For those with cars, the most common setup is one vehicle per home, at 40.4%.

7.8% ▲ +76.1%

Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.4%
  • 2016: 7.9%
  • 2021: 7.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Boyup Brook splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 58.2% of residents, while 7.2% walk. Only 5.7% of the workforce works from home, a figure that is far below the national average of 21.0%.

5.7% ▲ +291.2%

Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.4%
  • 2016: 5.4%
  • 2021: 5.7%

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: 0.9%
  • 2016: 4.2%
  • 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 Boyup Brook, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Walked is next at 10%.

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 Boyup Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521007/boyup-brook/topic/transport