11.1% ▼ -29.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Brooklyn Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Brooklyn Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 60% of workers in Brooklyn Park drive themselves to work, which is the most common way to commute. The area is well connected, with a short 6-minute drive to the city and public transport use that is well above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Around 11.1% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the South Australian figure of 7.2% and among the highest for similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Brooklyn Park, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used by 8.6% of workers, a rate well above the national figure of 3.1%. Meanwhile, only 7.7% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian average of 21.0%.
7.7% ▲ +351.4%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.6% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 8.6%
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.
The area is well served by 20 bus routes and 19 stops, meaning more people can be reached within 30 minutes by transit than in about 84% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are also a little above the state figure.
19
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.
3.77
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).
1,503.4
Higher than 89% 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).
20
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
30,474
Higher than 83% 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).
65,053
Higher than 71% 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).
44
Lower than 75% 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.
Residents enjoy a short 5-minute walk to the nearest stop and a drive time to the city that is among the lowest at this level.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
6
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 Brooklyn Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40167/brooklyn-park/topic/transport