2.2% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bredbo · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bredbo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 68-minute walk to the nearest stop is much longer than most areas, highlighting the isolation of Bredbo. While the town has a few transit options, almost everyone relies on their own car to get around. Very few residents work from home compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Bredbo have multiple cars, with 35.6% owning two and 18.5% owning four or more. Only 2.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bredbo, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, as 64.2% of residents are drivers. This is reflected in the fact that 0% of people use public transport to commute and only 9.8% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure.
9.8% ▲ +69.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 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.
Bredbo has four bus routes and two stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, the 51 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average of 1,313.6.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.10
Higher than 78% 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).
51.0
Higher than 63% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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.
Walking is rarely an option for accessing transit, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 68 minutes, which is much longer than in most other areas.
68
Higher than 90% 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 Bredbo
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bredbo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10556/bredbo/topic/transport