Brooklet · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Brooklet

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A striking 33.1% of workers in Brooklet now work from home, which is far above the national figure. This shift away from commuting is mirrored by a total reliance on private cars for those who do leave the house. The area has virtually no public transport options available to residents.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Brooklet has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures for households without a car. Most families have multiple vehicles, with 44.9% owning two and 23.6% owning three.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Brooklet, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (22%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Half of the workforce drives to work and 33.1% work from home, while no one uses public transport to commute. This reliance on home-based work is much higher than in most similar areas.

33.1% ▲ +27.6%

Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 25.9%
  • 2016: 23.2%
  • 2021: 33.1%

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.

How people get to work

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In Brooklet, Car (driver) is the majority at 53%; Worked at home is next at 35%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in Brooklet. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the New South Wales average.

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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).

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to a public transport stop would take a typical resident 49 minutes on foot, which is much higher than in most other areas.

49

Higher than 79% 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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Brooklet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10595/brooklet/topic/transport