3.1% ▼ -28.8%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Brunswick Heads - Ocean Shores · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Brunswick Heads - Ocean Shores
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Brunswick Heads - Ocean Shores has a car, making it more vehicle-dependent than most similar areas. While 22.4% of workers now operate from home, the vast majority of the community relies on private cars for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households go without a car, with only 3.1% owning no vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 9.2%. Most homes have two cars, while 13.7% of households own three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Brunswick Heads - Ocean Shores splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has become much more common, rising 14 points since 2011 to 22.4%. Very few people use public transport for work, with only 0.2% doing so, which is among the lowest for areas of this type.
22.4% ▲ +157.3%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -65.3%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
Public transport is limited to buses, and the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure. There are 35 stops across 9 routes serving the area.
35
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.82
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
139.6
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
9
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Most people can reach their nearest public transport stop within 3 minutes, which is a shorter walk than in most similar areas.
3
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Brunswick Heads - Ocean Shores [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/112011239/brunswick-heads-ocean-shores/topic/transport