0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Brigadoon · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Brigadoon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge gap exists between Brigadoon and the rest of the country in how people get around, as every single home here owns a motor vehicle. While most Australians rely on a mix of travel options, this area is almost entirely dependent on cars for daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are essential here, with 0.0% of homes lacking a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Nearly half of all households own two cars, and about 22.5% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Brigadoon, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 4 or more (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, and the 9.4% who work from home is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%. Only 1.7% of the workforce uses public transport, which is a little below the state and national averages.
9.4% ▼ 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▲ +103.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.7%
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.
Public transport is almost non-existent in Brigadoon, with zero routes or stops serving the area. This puts the local transit access far below Western Australia's average of 5.48 stops per 1,000 people.
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.
Getting to the city takes about 32 minutes by car, which is faster than in most areas. However, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 51 minutes, a time that is much higher than most areas.
51
Higher than 80% 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.
32
Lower than 72% 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).
More for Brigadoon
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Brigadoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50181/brigadoon/topic/transport