6.3% ▼ -25.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Brooklyn · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Brooklyn
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 40% of people in Brooklyn work from home, a figure that is far above the national average. This makes it one of the most flexible workplaces in the region. While most residents rely on cars, the area has a very high number of public transport stops and services for its size.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 6.3% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, although it remains a little below the New South Wales and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Brooklyn splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common way to earn a living here at 39.7%, which is well above the state figure. Very few people use public transport to get to work, with only 1% doing so.
39.7% ▲ +297.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 39.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -88.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Brooklyn has a very high level of service with 23.07 stops per 1,000 people and 1,735.4 weekly departures, both far above the state average. Despite this, the number of people reachable within 45 minutes by transit is zero.
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
23.07
Higher than 94% 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).
1,735.4
Higher than 90% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 31 minutes, which is lower than most areas. It takes about 7 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, placing the area around the middle for its level.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
31
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Brooklyn
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Brooklyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10596/brooklyn/topic/transport