0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Broomfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Broomfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few households without a car define Broomfield, making it more dependent on private vehicles than most similar areas. Every single home in the area owns at least one motor vehicle, reflecting a strong reliance on driving for daily needs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 64.5% of households owning three or more vehicles. This explains why 0% of homes lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the Victorian and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Broomfield, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 1 vehicle (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 58.1% of residents. While 17.4% work from home, this is well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%, and nobody uses public transport to commute.
17.4% ▲ +116.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 17.4%
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: 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.
Broomfield has 9.39 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, the 46.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.
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.
9.39
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).
46.9
Higher than 62% 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.
A typical walk to the nearest stop takes about 6 minutes, which is lower than most areas. However, it takes 84 minutes to drive to the city, a time that is higher than most similar areas.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
84
Higher than 59% 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 Broomfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20354/broomfield/topic/transport