4.5% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Broadwater · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Broadwater
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Broadwater relies on a car to get around, with 4.5% of homes having no vehicle. While the area is well-served by bus stops, very few people actually use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and nearly 40% have two. Only 4.5% of households live without a motor vehicle, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Broadwater splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (39%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 64.6% of people as the driver. Only 1.2% use public transport, and just 6.5% work from home, which is far below the national figure.
6.5% ▲ +59.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
Broadwater has 39 public transport stops and two routes, leaving it with far more stops per person than the state average. However, the number of weekly departures per person is far below the state figure.
39
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.14
Higher than 87% 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).
524.5
Higher than 79% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 bus stop is relatively easy here, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes only 6 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas.
6
Lower than 64% 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).
More for Broadwater
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Broadwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50183/broadwater/topic/transport