5.0% ▼ -26.3%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Golden Beach - Pelican Waters · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Golden Beach - Pelican Waters
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has risen by 9.4 percentage points since 2011 in Golden Beach - Pelican Waters, reflecting a shift in how people manage their daily travel. Most households here rely on private cars, with only 5% of homes without a motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 40.4% have two. The proportion of households without a vehicle is 5.0%, which is a little below the national figure and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Golden Beach - Pelican Waters splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 59.8% of people as the driver. Very few people use public transport for their commute at 0.4%, which is much lower than most areas.
17.2% ▲ +121.8%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -57.0%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 options are limited to a single bus route. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure, with only 246.7 departures compared to 720.7 across the state.
37
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.84
Lower than 72% 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).
246.7
Lower than 72% 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).
1
Lower than 93% 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.
The drive time to the city is 67 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. However, the walk to the nearest transport stop is about 4 minutes, putting it around the middle for similar places.
4
Lower than 57% 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.
67
Higher than 79% 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 Golden Beach - Pelican Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/316021421/golden-beach-pelican-waters/topic/transport