2.8% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Brierfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Brierfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Brierfield relies on a car for daily travel, as there are no public transport options available. The area is heavily dependent on private vehicles, with 63.9% of homes owning two or more cars.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few people get by without a car here, with only 2.8% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4% and the New South Wales rate of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Brierfield, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 57.7% of residents, while 18.8% work from home. This level of remote work is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
18.8% ▲ +70.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 18.8%
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: 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.
Public transport is non-existent in the area, with zero stops and routes. This is far below the New South Wales average of 5.27 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Brierfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10565/brierfield/topic/transport