20.2% ▼ -16.9%
Higher than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Brewarrina · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Brewarrina
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more households live without a car in Brewarrina than in most similar areas. While 20.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, the area generally lacks public transport options, leaving many residents to rely on walking or driving.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About one in five homes here have no motor vehicle, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. This is among the highest rates for this level, though the share of carless homes fell 4.1 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Brewarrina, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 38%, followed by 2 vehicles (25%) and No vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport, and the 11.7% who work from home is well below the national figure of 21.0%. Most people drive themselves to work, while 20.2% walk.
11.7% ▲ +11.0%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is very limited, with only 3 stops and 4 routes in the area. This results in just 14.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
3
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.21
Lower than 61% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
14.7
Lower than 66% of council (lga) 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).
4
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Brewarrina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11200/brewarrina/topic/transport