0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Upper Brookfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Upper Brookfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Upper Brookfield has a car, with 43.5% of households owning two vehicles. This is a place where most people rely on their own transport or work from home, and the typical drive to the city takes 26 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 82.6% of homes owning two or more vehicles. No homes in the area are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Upper Brookfield, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 4 or more (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 37.4% of residents, a figure far above the Australian average of 21%. Those who do travel mostly drive, while only 1.2% use public transport to get to work.
37.4% ▲ +280.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -33.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 virtually non-existent in the area, with no stops or routes available. This means zero people can be reached via transit within 45 minutes, a result far below the Queensland average.
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 commute to the city is relatively quick, with a typical drive time of 26 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas.
26
Lower than 78% 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 Upper Brookfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32900/upper-brookfield/topic/transport