15.2% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Broome · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Broome
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few people rely on home-based work or public transport to get around Broome. While most residents use cars, about 15.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the Western Australian average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
More than 15% of households here do not have a motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is a single vehicle, found in 35.6% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Broome, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 35%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home here at 5.1%, which is far below the Australian average. Most people drive themselves to work (57.2%), while 9.5% walk and 5.4% use a bicycle.
5.1% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -24.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 the area, with no recorded routes or stops. This means there are no weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the state average.
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).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Broome [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50190/broome/topic/transport