1.7% ▼ -14.1%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Northern Beaches · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Northern Beaches
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Northern Beaches relies on a car to get around. With virtually no public transport options and far fewer people working from home than the national figure, driving is the primary way residents access work and services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 41.1% of homes owning two vehicles and only 1.7% having none. This lack of car-free households is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Northern Beaches, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 68.6% of people as the driver. Only 7.7% work from home, which is far below the 21.0% national figure, and just 0.7% use public transport.
7.7% ▲ +80.1%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -35.0%
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 almost non-existent in Northern Beaches, with zero routes and stops recorded. This means there are no weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the Queensland average.
0
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Northern Beaches [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/318021486/northern-beaches/topic/transport