5.9% ▼ -36.8%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Swansea - Caves Beach · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Swansea - Caves Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people use public transport in Swansea - Caves Beach, where a tiny 0.6% of workers commute this way. The area is heavily reliant on private cars, although there has been a huge shift toward working from home since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, with 40.5% having two vehicles. Only 5.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Swansea - Caves Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has jumped to 23.4% since 2011, which is a little above the national figure. This helps explain why only 0.6% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure that is much lower than most areas.
23.4% ▲ +515.9%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -67.8%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
The area has 108 public transport stops, which is among the largest for its level, but weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure. All available services are buses.
108
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.
8.60
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).
772.0
Lower than 51% 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).
3
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 is slow for those without cars, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 10 minutes, which is higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is also much higher than most similar places, taking about 104 minutes.
10
Higher than 71% 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.
104
Higher than 89% 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)).
- 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 Swansea - Caves Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/111011212/swansea-caves-beach/topic/transport