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.
Brentwood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Brentwood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Brentwood than in the rest of the country, with 38.7% of the workforce doing so. This creates a unique transport profile where the typical household relies heavily on private cars, while almost no one uses public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, as 0.0% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%. Most households have at least two vehicles, with 26.9% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Brentwood, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 4 or more (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common at 38.7%, which is far above the national figure of 21.0%. No one here commutes by public transport, and 12.9% of workers walk to their jobs.
38.7% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 38.7%
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.
While the area has 28.17 public transport stops per 1,000 people—far above the state average—the actual service is minimal. With only one bus route, the weekly number of departures is far below the state figure.
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.
28.17
Higher than 96% 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).
28.2
Higher than 60% 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.
Getting to a stop is a challenge in this area. It takes a typical resident 30 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is higher than most other areas.
30
Higher than 67% 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.
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 Brentwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40157/brentwood/topic/transport