3.3% ▼ -19.7%
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Beverley · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Beverley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of the working population in Beverley drive themselves to work. This is a car-dependent area where very few homes go without a vehicle, and public transport options are limited.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.3% of homes lack a motor vehicle, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households have multiple cars, with 37.1% owning two and 18.2% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Beverley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is more common here than in most areas, though the 16.7% figure is well below the national average. Only 1.1% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure that has fallen since 2011.
16.7% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -53.1%
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is sparse, with only two routes and five stops available. There are 2.95 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 5.48.
5
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.95
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
17.1
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
2
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around can be difficult without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 29 minutes. The drive time to the city is 85 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
29
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
85
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Beverley
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Beverley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50560/beverley/topic/transport