2.0% ▼ -33.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
East Branxton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in East Branxton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 66% of working residents in East Branxton drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars. While the area has a high number of public transport stops, very few people actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 40.6% have two. Only 2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In East Branxton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nobody in the area commutes using public transport. Working from home is also far less common here than in the rest of the state or nation, with only 10.5% of workers doing so.
10.5% ▲ +439.1%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 10.5%
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: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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.
East Branxton has 10 public transport stops and two routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the New South Wales figure.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.32
Higher than 79% 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).
248.8
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).
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 walk to the nearest stop is very short, taking just 3 minutes. In contrast, it takes much longer than most areas to drive to the city, taking 110 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
110
Higher than 75% 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 East Branxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11349/east-branxton/topic/transport