4.2% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 78% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Brand · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Brand
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes in Brand have gone without a car since 2011, reflecting a strong reliance on private vehicles. Only 4.2% of households lack a motor vehicle, making this area much lower than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes keep at least one car, with 40.4% owning two and 13.6% owning three. The number of car-free homes fell slightly since 2011 to reach 4.2%, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Brand, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, as 63% of people are car drivers. Only 5.5% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure and among the lowest for similar areas.
5.5% —
Lower than 96% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.3% —
Higher than 74% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 4.3%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 952 public transport stops, which is more than about 77% of similar areas. While bus services make up 97.9% of the network, weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the Western Australian figure.
952
Higher than 77% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.24
Higher than 69% of federal electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,234.5
Higher than 55% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
30
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical trip to the city takes about 32 minutes. Residents enjoy relatively easy access to transit, with a lower than usual walk of 4 minutes to the nearest stop.
4
Lower than 65% of federal electorate areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
32
Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Brand [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED501/brand/topic/transport