0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Broken Head · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Broken Head
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people work from home in Broken Head than in most similar areas, with 33.9% of the workforce doing so. This is a car-reliant community where every single household owns at least one motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
No home in Broken Head is without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%. Most households have two cars, while 19.2% own three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Broken Head, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
A little above the state average, 33.9% of residents work from home, which is far above the Australian figure of 21%. No one in the area commutes to work using public transport.
33.9% ▲ +81.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 33.9%
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.
The area has 12.99 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 5.27. However, the 688.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.99
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).
688.3
Higher than 82% 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.
It takes a typical resident about 16 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for similar areas.
16
Higher than 54% 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 Broken Head
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Broken Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10588/broken-head/topic/transport