8.0% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 8.0%
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.
Eleven public transport stops serve Brentwood, which is more than 82% of similar areas. This high level of access means more people here use public transport to get to work compared to the state and national figures. It is a well-connected area where most residents can reach the city quickly.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Western Australian figure of 5%. For those who do own cars, 40.9% of homes have one vehicle and 35.1% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Brentwood, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used by 8.4% of workers, a figure well above the national average of 3.1%. Conversely, only 8.3% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
8.3% ▲ +151.3%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.4% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 8.4%
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.
With seven different routes and 5.11 stops per 1,000 people, transit access is much higher than most areas. The 33-minute trip to the city is much lower than in most similar places.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.11
Higher than 78% 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).
990.7
Higher than 86% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
15,476
Higher than 68% 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).
218,998
Higher than 87% 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).
33
Lower than 90% 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 accessible, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 2 minutes. Driving to the city is also fast, taking just 10 minutes, which is among the lowest for similar 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.
10
Lower than 95% 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 Brentwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50178/brentwood/topic/transport