3.0% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Branxton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Branxton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 61% of working residents in Branxton drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way to get around. While the area has a good number of transport stops, very few people actually use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 39% of homes owning two vehicles and 23% owning three. Only 3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Branxton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 1 vehicle (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes by public transport, and 15.5% of people work from home. This working-from-home rate is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
15.5% ▲ +210.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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.
Branxton has 11 public transport stops and 6 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.88
Higher than 77% 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).
180.9
Higher than 72% 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).
6
Higher than 86% 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.
Getting to the city takes a long time, with a typical drive of 113 minutes. It is also a long walk for many, as the trip to the nearest stop takes 37 minutes on average.
37
Higher than 72% 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.
113
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality 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 Branxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10546/branxton/topic/transport