Broulee · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Broulee

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

More people in Broulee have access to public transport stops than in most similar areas, though cars remain the primary way to get around. Only 2.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have one or two cars, with 40.7% owning one and 39.1% owning two. The proportion of households without a vehicle is much lower than the New South Wales and national figures.

2.8% ▼ -46.8%

Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.3%
  • 2016: 4.4%
  • 2021: 2.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Broulee splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 59.9% of residents. While 13.9% of people work from home, this is far below the state figure, and no one uses public transport to commute.

13.9% ▲ +126.0%

Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.2%
  • 2016: 3.8%
  • 2021: 13.9%

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: 0.5%
  • 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 Broulee, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 17%.

Public transport access

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

Broulee has 13 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is more than 80% of similar areas. However, with only bus services available, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales average.

6.68

Higher than 84% 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).

192.6

Higher than 73% 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.

The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 11 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this type.

11

Lower than 53% 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 Broulee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10605/broulee/topic/transport