Brooms Head · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Brooms Head

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

A decline in car-free households is the biggest shift in Brooms Head (L) since 2011. While nearly 13% of homes had no motor vehicle then, that figure fell to 6.9% by 2021. Most residents now rely on cars or work from home to get around.

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📍 Brooms Head, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost half of all homes in Brooms Head (L) have one vehicle, and 32.7% have two. While 6.9% of households have no car, this is much higher than in most similar areas.

6.9% ▼ -46.4%

Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 12.9%
  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 2021: 6.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Brooms Head, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and 4 or more (11%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here uses public transport to get to work, a figure that has fallen 4.7 points since 2011. Most people drive, though the 15.9% who work from home is much higher than in most similar areas.

15.9% ▲ +13.1%

Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 14.1%
  • 2016: 8.7%
  • 2021: 15.9%

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: 4.7%
  • 2016: 2.0%
  • 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 Brooms Head, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Worked at home is next at 19%.

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 Brooms Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122027/brooms-head/topic/transport