11.8% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Brownsville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Brownsville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people are working from home in Brownsville than in many similar areas, though car travel remains the primary way to get around. A striking 11.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. This lack of vehicle access is one of the highest rates seen among similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 12% of households do not own a car, a figure slightly above the New South Wales average. Most homes have just one vehicle, while 28.2% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Brownsville, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (28%) and No vehicle (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Not a single person here commutes by public transport, which is well below the national figure. Around 20.4% of people work from home, though this is far below the state average of 31%.
20.4% ▲ +1433.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Bus services are the only option here, with two routes serving the area. While there are more stops per person than in most similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the New South Wales average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.82
Higher than 73% 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).
713.7
Higher than 82% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 7 minutes. It takes around 68 minutes to drive to the city, which is about the middle for areas at this 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.
68
Lower than 51% 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)).
- 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 Brownsville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10609/brownsville/topic/transport