Braidwood · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Braidwood

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Private cars are essential for daily life in Braidwood, where almost every household owns at least one vehicle. Very few people rely on public transport, and a growing number of residents are now working from home.

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📍 Braidwood, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 2.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. Most households have one or two cars, though about 17% own three or more.

2.8% ▲ +57.1%

Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.8%
  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 2.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Braidwood, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (10%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here commutes by public transport, a figure that has fallen since 2011. While 13.5% of people now work from home—a rise of 12 points since 2011—this remains far below the New South Wales average.

13.5% ▲ +588.5%

Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.0%
  • 2016: 6.1%
  • 2021: 13.5%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 0.3%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Braidwood, Car (driver) is the majority at 62%; Walked is next at 17%.

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 Braidwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115026/braidwood/topic/transport