0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Blakebrook · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Blakebrook
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Two cars are the most common choice for households in Blakebrook, where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle. This makes the area much more car-reliant than the state or national average, despite having a high number of bus stops relative to its small population.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in Blakebrook is without a motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% and the Australian figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Blakebrook, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people here drive to work, with 66.2% as the driver and 7.8% as a passenger. While 20.8% work from home, which is about the same as the national figure, no one uses public transport to commute.
20.8% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
Blakebrook has 9 public transport stops and 2 routes, meaning there are 68.18 stops per 1,000 people—far above the state average. However, with only buses available, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
68.18
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
681.8
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 10 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
10
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality 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).
More for Blakebrook
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Blakebrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10401/blakebrook/topic/transport