12.1% ▼ -25.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Brompton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Brompton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people now rely on public transport in Brompton than in most similar areas. This shift is seen in the 9.7% of workers who use transit to get to work, a figure well above the national average of 3.1%. High accessibility to the city and a large number of local transport stops support these travel patterns.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 12.1% of Brompton homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the 7.2% seen across South Australia. Most households have one or two cars, with 46.3% owning a single vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Brompton, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is popular for commuting here, used by 9.7% of workers, while 10.5% work from home. This remote work rate is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
10.5% ▲ +257.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
9.7% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 9.7%
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.
Brompton has 10 public transport stops and 8 routes, with 1,095.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people. This high frequency helps nearly 99,000 people stay reachable within 45 minutes by transit.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.68
Higher than 68% 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).
1,095.2
Higher than 87% 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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
25,899
Higher than 79% 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).
98,800
Higher than 78% 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).
37
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The area is very well connected, with a short 7-minute drive to the city. Residents can reach the nearest transport stop in just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
7
Lower than 99% 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 Brompton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40165/brompton/topic/transport