9.7% ▼ -15.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Broken Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Broken Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work in Broken Hill, making private cars essential for daily life. While the area has 73 public transport stops, only 0.1% of workers use these services for their commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. Most households rely on one or two cars, with 42.8% owning one and 33.1% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Broken Hill, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 69.8% of people as the main driver. Working from home is very uncommon here; at 4.5%, this is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
4.5% ▲ +44.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.1% ▼ -78.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.1%
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.
Broken Hill has 12 public transport routes and 4.12 stops per 1,000 people, which is higher than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the New South Wales figure.
73
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.12
Higher than 74% 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).
165.6
Higher than 72% 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).
12
Higher than 86% 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 Broken Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10589/broken-hill/topic/transport