0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Broadwater · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Broadwater
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Not a single home in Broadwater is without a motor vehicle, making car ownership universal here. This reliance on cars is clear in the daily commute, with the vast majority of residents driving to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 43.4% having two and another 35.9% owning three or more. This explains why the 0.0% rate of carless homes is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Broadwater, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, as 60.9% of people are drivers and 14.1% are passengers. Very few people work from home at 9.4%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
9.4% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
The area has 13.51 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, the 479.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
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.
13.51
Higher than 89% 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).
479.7
Higher than 78% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
While there are a few bus routes available, getting around on foot is difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 36 minutes.
36
Higher 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.
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 Broadwater
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Broadwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10576/broadwater/topic/transport