Brunswick Heads · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Brunswick Heads

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

Far more people work from home in Brunswick Heads than in most similar areas. While a typical home here has one or two cars, the local workforce is shifting, with over 22% of residents now working from their own house.

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📍 Brunswick Heads, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 6.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most similar areas. The most common setup is one car per home, at 41.8%, though 35.7% of households keep two.

6.1% ▲ +60.4%

Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.8%
  • 2016: 2.2%
  • 2021: 6.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Brunswick Heads, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (11%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home has surged here, rising 20 points since 2011 to reach 22.5%. This is a little above the national figure, and almost no one uses public transport to get to work.

22.5% ▲ +847.6%

Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.4%
  • 2016: 8.9%
  • 2021: 22.5%

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: 0.8%
  • 2016: 2.5%
  • 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 Brunswick Heads, Car (driver) is the majority at 61%; Worked at home is next at 27%.

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 Brunswick Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115029/brunswick-heads/topic/transport