Port Broughton · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Port Broughton

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

Zero people used public transport to get to work in Port Broughton, a figure well below the state and national averages. Most residents rely on their own cars or walk to their jobs. While car use is dominant, the number of homes without a vehicle has fallen by 5.9 percentage points since 2011.

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📍 Port Broughton, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 6.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most similar areas. Most households own either one or two vehicles, though 6.4% of homes have four or more.

6.4% ▼ -48.3%

Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 12.3%
  • 2016: 3.6%
  • 2021: 6.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Port Broughton, 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.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 62.1% of people, and 13.6% walk. While 9.0% of residents work from home, this is far below the national figure of 21.0%.

9.0% ▲ +251.3%

Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.6%
  • 2016: 9.6%
  • 2021: 9.0%

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: 0.6%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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 Port Broughton, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Walked is next at 16%.

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 Port Broughton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415036/port-broughton/topic/transport