5.1% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Holbrook · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Holbrook
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every single person in Holbrook relies on a car to get around, as no one uses public transport to commute to work. While the town has a few bus stops, they are rarely used, and the typical resident faces a long 22-minute walk to reach the nearest one.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 5.1% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, despite being well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Holbrook splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 59.1% of people as the driver. Around 14.8% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.
14.8% ▲ +28.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 14.8%
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: 1.2%
- 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.
Public transport is limited to one bus route with two stops. While these numbers are higher than in many similar areas, the 8.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state 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.
1.21
Higher than 62% 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).
8.5
Higher than 58% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Walking to a transit stop takes a typical resident about 22 minutes, which is longer than in most other areas.
22
Higher than 60% 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 Holbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11927/holbrook/topic/transport