5.8% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Brookton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Brookton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one uses public transport to get to work in Brookton, where 0.0% of commuters rely on these services. Most people here depend on their own cars to get around, and the typical trip to the city takes about 87 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 5.8% of homes in Brookton have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. The most common setup is two vehicles per home, seen in 38.8% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Brookton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 56.6% of people. While 12.5% work from home—a figure well above the Western Australian average—no one uses public transport for their commute.
12.5% ▼ -40.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 very limited, with only one bus route and one stop serving the area. This results in only 16.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state figure.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.37
Higher than 63% 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).
16.4
Higher than 59% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
It takes about 87 minutes to drive to the city, a time that is higher than most similar areas. For those using transit, the walk to the nearest stop takes around 15 minutes.
15
Higher than 53% 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.
87
Higher than 61% 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)).
- 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 Brookton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50189/brookton/topic/transport