3.7% ▼ -26.3%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Brookton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Brookton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people rely on public transport in Brookton, where most residents depend on their own cars to get around. Only 0.8% of workers use public transport to commute, while a high 18.1% of people work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with only 3.7% of homes having no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Over half of all households own two or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Brookton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most residents drive to work, and 18.1% work from home, a figure far above the Western Australian average of 7.5%. Only 0.8% use public transport, which is well below the state figure.
18.1% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▲ +6.6%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 options are very limited, with only 6 stops and 4 routes serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average, and all available services are buses.
6
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.71
Lower than 82% 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).
14.6
Lower than 90% 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).
4
Lower than 71% 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.
Travel times to the city are among the highest for similar areas, with a typical drive taking 144 minutes.
144
Higher than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
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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/sa2/509031246/brookton/topic/transport