0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
The Branch · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in The Branch
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Total reliance on cars shapes daily life in The Branch, where not a single household is without a motor vehicle. This dependence is clear as the area has no public transport routes or stops, making a private car essential for getting around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home has multiple cars, with 38.2% owning four or more. This is far higher than the national figure, where 7.4% of households have no vehicle at all.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In The Branch, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 4 or more (30%) and 1 vehicle (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Half of the workforce drives to work and 25.4% work from home, which is well above the Australian average. No one here uses public transport to commute.
25.4% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 non-existent in the area, with zero stops or routes. This is far below the New South Wales average of 5.27 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Getting into the city is a significant journey, with a typical drive time of 139 minutes. This is much higher than most similar areas.
139
Higher than 88% 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 The Branch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13830/the-branch/topic/transport