Breakfast Point · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Breakfast Point

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

Over half of the people who work in Breakfast Point do so from home, a rate far above the national figure. This reliance on home-based work defines the local transport landscape, where car travel is common and very few residents use public transport to commute.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have at least one motor vehicle, with 37.1% owning two. Only 4.6% of households have no vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure.

4.6% ▲ +14.8%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.0%
  • 2016: 3.5%
  • 2021: 4.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Breakfast Point, 1 vehicle is the majority at 50%; 2 vehicles is next at 37%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common here, with 51.6% of the workforce doing so, which is far above the Australian average of 21%. Only 1.3% of people commute using public transport.

51.6% ▲ +1114.0%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.3%
  • 2016: 5.8%
  • 2021: 51.6%

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

1.3% ▼ -89.8%

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.8%
  • 2016: 13.9%
  • 2021: 1.3%

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 Breakfast Point, Worked at home is the majority at 59%; Car (driver) is next at 37%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport access is limited to a single bus route, and the travel time to the city is 65 minutes, which is higher than most areas. Despite this, the number of people reachable within 30 minutes by transit is larger than 79% of similar areas.

0.43

Higher than 59% 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).

203.5

Higher than 73% 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).

23,113

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

72,830

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

65

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

A short 4-minute walk connects residents to the nearest stop, while the drive time to the city is just 17 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.

4

Lower than 71% 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.

17

Lower than 86% 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)).
  • Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
  • 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 Breakfast Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10554/breakfast-point/topic/transport