4.6% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Brookton · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Brookton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive gap in public transport access defines Brookton, where the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian figure. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around in this rural area. While few people use public transit, nearly 17% of workers operate from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Brookton have at least one car, and 39.9% of households own two. Only 4.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure and slightly lower than the national rate.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Brookton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in Brookton uses public transport to get to work, a figure well below both state and national levels. Instead, 52.7% drive as the main driver, while 16.7% work from home, which is well above the state average.
16.7% ▼ -18.9%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 here, with just one route and one stop serving the area. This means there are only 1.08 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the Western Australian average of 5.48.
1
Lower than 81% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.08
Lower than 70% 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).
12.9
Lower than 67% 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).
1
Lower than 71% 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.
Reaching the city is a long trip, with a typical drive time of 106 minutes. Access to transit is also difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes much longer than in most other areas, averaging 69 minutes.
69
Higher than 91% 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.
106
Higher than 76% of council (lga) 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).
More for Brookton
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Brookton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50910/brookton/topic/transport