3.0% ▼ -58.7%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 3.0%
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.
More than half of all workers in Broadwater rely on driving their own car to get to work. This reflects a heavy dependence on private vehicles in an area where almost no one uses public transport to commute. While there are several bus stops available, they are rarely used for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are common here, with 34.7% of homes owning two vehicles and 15.5% owning three. Only 3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Broadwater splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Zero per cent of the workforce commutes via public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Working from home is also far below the state average, with only 13.6% of residents doing so.
13.6% ▲ +121.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 13.6%
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: 1.5%
- 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.
Broadwater has 6 public transport stops and 3 routes, meaning it has far more stops per 1,000 people than the New South Wales average. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.96
Higher than 87% 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).
95.5
Higher than 68% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 nearest transit stop takes a typical 34 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
34
Higher than 70% 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/SAL10577/broadwater/topic/transport