2.5% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Brighton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Brighton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 70% of workers in Brighton (Tas.) drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While the area has a high number of transport stops, very few people actually use public transport or work from home compared to national figures.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 36.9% of households own two. Only 2.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Tasmanian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Brighton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, with only 3.9% of people doing so—a figure far below the Australian average of 21%. Only 1% of workers use public transport to get to their jobs.
3.9% ▲ +20.4%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Brighton has a high number of bus stops and routes compared to similar areas, but this hasn't translated into high usage. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
27
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.42
Higher than 79% 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).
473.8
Higher than 78% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
The drive time to the city is 24 minutes, which is much lower than in most similar areas. It takes about 19 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, which is average for this level.
19
Higher than 58% 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.
24
Lower than 79% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Brighton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60075/brighton/topic/transport