9.8% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Broken Hill · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Broken Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Just 0.1% of people in Broken Hill commute using public transport, marking it as an area where the car is the dominant choice. While many homes own multiple vehicles, nearly 10% of households have no motor vehicle at all. This reflects a heavy reliance on private cars for the vast majority of the population.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. While this is about the same as the NSW figure, it has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Broken Hill, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far below the national figure at 4.2%. Most people drive themselves to work, with 70.2% of the workforce using a car as the driver.
4.2% ▲ +79.7%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.1% ▼ -78.9%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.1%
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 73 public transport stops and 12 routes, but weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure. Almost all available services are buses.
73
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.15
Higher 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).
166.7
Higher than 59% 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).
12
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest transport stop is very easy for residents, with a typical walking time of just one minute.
1
Lower than 99% of council (lga) 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.
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).
More for Broken Hill
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Broken Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11250/broken-hill/topic/transport