7.1% ▼ -40.0%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Beverley · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Beverley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Beverley compared to the national figure, with only 8.4% doing so. This reflects a community where most residents still travel for work, and the area remains heavily reliant on cars and buses for daily movement.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most areas, though this is about the same as the state and national figures. This is a drop of 4.7 percentage points since 2011, and most households now have one or two cars.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Beverley splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, but 4.6% use public transport, which is much higher than most similar areas. Meanwhile, the 8.4% of people working from home is far below the Australian figure of 21%, despite rising since 2011.
8.4% ▲ +257.8%
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.6% ▼ -27.4%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 4.6%
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.
Bus services are the only mode of public transport here, with 20 routes serving the area. However, the 2.7 stops per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian figure of 4.96.
24
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.70
Lower than 73% 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).
1,103.3
Higher than 61% 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).
20
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
8,897
Lower than 75% 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).
87,603
Higher than 68% 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).
57
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A short 11-minute drive to the city makes this area much faster to access than most. In contrast, a 9-minute walk to the nearest stop is longer than in most areas.
9
Higher than 68% 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.
11
Lower than 86% 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 Beverley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/404011090/beverley/topic/transport