Braidwood · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Braidwood

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Private cars remain the dominant way to move around Braidwood, where only 2.3% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure and the New South Wales average, reflecting a strong reliance on personal transport in this regional area.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households have at least one car, with 35.7% owning two and 13.7% owning three. Very few homes lack a vehicle, which is much lower than the 9.2% seen across New South Wales.

2.3% ▼ -54.8%

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.2%
  • 2016: 4.3%
  • 2021: 2.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Braidwood, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (14%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Over half of workers drive to work, while 11.1% walk. Those working from home make up 17.1% of the workforce, which is far below the 31% reported for New South Wales.

17.1% ▲ +76.1%

Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.7%
  • 2016: 12.1%
  • 2021: 17.1%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.5% ▼ -50.5%

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.1%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.5%

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.

How people get to work

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In Braidwood, Car (driver) is the majority at 62%; Worked at home is next at 20%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is limited to a single bus route with two stops. While this is more than some similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.

1.16

Higher than 62% 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).

4.7

Higher than 58% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to public transport takes time in Braidwood, with a typical walk of 28 minutes to the nearest stop, which is higher than most areas.

28

Higher than 65% 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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Braidwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10544/braidwood/topic/transport