9.9% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Broken Hill · Urban Centre
Transport & Vehicles in Broken Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A small rise in the number of car-free homes is the main shift in Broken Hill since 2011. Most people here rely on their own cars to get around, while very few use public transport or work from home. Around 9.9% of households now have no motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 10% of Broken Hill homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is a single vehicle for 43% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Broken Hill, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 70.2% of people as the driver. In contrast, only 4% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
4.0% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.1% ▼ -84.3%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.1%
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.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Broken Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113003/broken-hill/topic/transport