7.6% —
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Broome · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Broome
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 63% of people in Broome drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. This reliance on vehicles is reinforced by a near-total absence of public transport options and very few people working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Broome have at least one car, with 37.2% owning two. However, 7.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the Western Australian figure and has barely changed since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Broome splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.8% of workers use public transport, which is well below the state average. Working from home is also uncommon at 4.8%, though this rose slightly from 3.5% in 2016.
4.8% —
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% —
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 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 is virtually non-existent in Broome, with zero routes and stops recorded. This means the area has no weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the Western Australian average.
0
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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/sa2/510011262/broome/topic/transport