4.7% ▲ +31.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Brookfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Brookfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 63% of workers in Brookfield rely on driving themselves to get to work. This car-dependent area sees very few people using public transport for their daily commute. While the neighborhood has a high number of transit stops for its size, most residents still prefer the flexibility of a private vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 41.1% owning two vehicles and 16% owning three. Only 4.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national and state figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Brookfield, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 15.1% of the workforce, though this is well below the national figure. Only 1.9% of people use public transport to get to work, which is actually much higher than in most similar areas.
15.1% ▲ +575.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▼ -68.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 1.9%
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.
Brookfield has 24 public transport stops and 5 routes, which is more than about 90% of similar areas. However, these are all bus services and the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
24
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.23
Higher than 66% 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).
385.2
Higher than 76% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
9,829
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
9,829
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 35 minutes, which is lower than most areas. For those using transit, the walk to the nearest stop takes about 7 minutes, placing the area around the middle for its 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.
35
Lower than 70% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Brookfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20351/brookfield/topic/transport