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.
Broadwood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Broadwood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Broadwood stands out among similar areas for its total reliance on private cars. Every single home in the area owns a motor vehicle, making it far more car-dependent than the state and national averages.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as 0% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Nearly half of all households own two vehicles, and over 19% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Broadwood, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 4 or more (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is almost entirely done by car, with 73.1% of people driving. Only 0.9% use public transport and 6.6% work from home, which is far below the Australian average of 21%.
6.6% ▲ +25.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▲ —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 non-existent in Broadwood, with zero stops and zero routes. This is far below the Western Australian 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around without a car is very difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 43 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
43
Higher than 75% 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 Broadwood
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Broadwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50184/broadwood/topic/transport