9.8% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Broome · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Broome
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 60% of people in Broome drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars for daily travel. While most homes own at least one vehicle, nearly 10% of households have none, which is a much higher rate than most other areas. This reliance on private transport is mirrored by a near total absence of public transit options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly one in ten homes here have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well above the Western Australian average. Most households have one or two cars, though the number of car-free homes has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Broome splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport for their commute, and only 5% work from home, which is far below the national figure. Most residents rely on cars, though walking is the second most common way to get to work at 7.6%.
5.0% ▲ +20.6%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area, leaving Broome far below the Western Australian average for transit access. With no scheduled departures, the area is much lower than most other places for public transport availability.
0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 Broome [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50980/broome/topic/transport