Burradoo · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Burradoo

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

Working from home has become a dominant feature of life in Burradoo, where 40% of residents now do their jobs from the house. This is far above the national figure of 21%, reflecting a shift toward home-based work in this area. While car travel remains common, the local lifestyle is underpinned by high vehicle ownership and very short walks to transport.

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📍 Burradoo, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every home in Burradoo has a car, with only 1.5% of households without one. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%, and nearly half of all homes keep two vehicles.

1.5% ▼ -65.8%

Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.3%
  • 2016: 2.0%
  • 2021: 1.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Burradoo, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (15%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Forty percent of people work from home, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. While most others drive, only 1.2% of the workforce use public transport, a figure slightly below the national average.

40.0% ▲ +161.0%

Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 15.3%
  • 2016: 18.0%
  • 2021: 40.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.2% ▼ -24.1%

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.6%
  • 2016: 2.4%
  • 2021: 1.2%

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.

How people get to work

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Burradoo splits fairly evenly between Car (driver) (46%) and Worked at home (46%), with Car (passenger) at 4%.

Public transport access

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

Burradoo has a high number of transport stops and routes compared to similar areas, with 25 stops and 3 routes. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.

8.68

Higher than 87% 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).

266.4

Higher than 74% 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 walk to the nearest stop takes only 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. It typically takes 80 minutes to drive from here to the city.

2

Lower than 86% 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.

80

Higher than 57% 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 Burradoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10698/burradoo/topic/transport