9.0% ▼ -35.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Brookvale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Brookvale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Brookvale than across Australia, where the national figure is 21.0% compared to 32.6% here. This area is exceptionally well connected to public transport, offering a high volume of services and stops for residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 9.0% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits just below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Brookvale, 1 vehicle is the majority at 51%; 2 vehicles is next at 31%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is a common choice for 32.6% of residents, which is far above the national figure. Another 4.2% use public transport to get to work, a rate that is much higher than most areas.
32.6% ▲ +965.6%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.2% ▼ -67.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 4.2%
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.
Public transport options are extensive, with 19 routes and 23 stops. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the New South Wales figure, and there are 6.79 stops per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most areas.
23
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.
6.79
Higher than 85% 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).
8,066.4
Higher 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).
19
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
63,307
Higher than 87% 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).
142,266
Higher than 86% 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).
59
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is fast, with a drive time of 16 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Walking to the nearest transport stop takes only 1 minute, also much lower than in other areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
16
Lower than 87% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Brookvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10598/brookvale/topic/transport