11.7% ▼ -25.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Broadbeach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Broadbeach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Roughly half of working residents in Broadbeach drive themselves to work. The area is very well connected, with a high number of public transport stops and services that make it easier to get around without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Queensland figure of 5.8% and the national rate of 7.4%. Most households keep one car, while 25.6% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Broadbeach, 1 vehicle is the majority at 59%; 2 vehicles is next at 26%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is a little above the national and state figures at 4.7%. Around 16.7% of people work from home, which is a little above the Queensland average but well below the Australian figure.
16.7% ▲ +208.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.7% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 4.7%
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.
Broadbeach has far more weekly departures per 1,000 people than the state average, with 2,488.7 compared to 720.7. There are 19 different routes serving the area via bus and light rail.
25
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.
3.68
Higher than 72% 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).
2,488.7
Higher than 94% 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).
19
Higher than 86% 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 to the nearest stop is very quick, with a typical walk of just 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is also lower than most areas at 53 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.
53
Lower than 60% 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 Broadbeach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30380/broadbeach/topic/transport