3.2% ▼ -30.8%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Box Head - MacMasters Beach · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Box Head - MacMasters Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has surged in Box Head - MacMasters Beach, with 35.2% of workers now doing so. This shift is part of a broader move away from traditional travel, as public transport use for commuting has dropped significantly since 2011. The area remains heavily dependent on private cars for daily movement.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households get by without a car, with only 3.2% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% and has fallen since 2011. Most homes own at least two vehicles, which is common for 41.9% of the area.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Box Head - MacMasters Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over a third of workers now work from home, a figure far above the national average of 21.0%. This helps explain why only 1.0% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the state and national figures.
35.2% ▲ +318.7%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -81.7%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
While the area has 111 public transport stops—among the largest for its size—all services are buses. Despite having a high number of stops per 1,000 people, the number of people reachable within 45 minutes by transit is smaller than in about 82% of similar areas.
111
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.05
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,253.4
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
4
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
11,042
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
11,042
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around on foot is more difficult here than in most areas, with an 11-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is also much higher than most areas, taking around 70 minutes.
11
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
70
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Box Head - MacMasters Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/102011029/box-head-macmasters-beach/topic/transport