3.5% ▼ -36.6%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Trigg - North Beach - Watermans Bay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Trigg - North Beach - Watermans Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few homes without a car make Trigg - North Beach - Watermans Bay stand out compared to other areas. Only 3.5% of households lack a vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This heavy reliance on private cars is a key feature of the area's transport landscape.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 44.1% owning two and 13.8% owning three. The share of households with no motor vehicle has fallen to 3.5% since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Trigg - North Beach - Watermans Bay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 62.6% of people being the driver. While 13.5% of residents now work from home—a rise of 7.8 percentage points since 2011—only 2.2% use public transport for their commute.
13.5% ▲ +136.6%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 option here, as there are no trains or ferries. While the area has 46 stops, which is more than half of similar areas, the 66-minute trip to the city is longer than most.
46
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.78
Higher than 71% 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).
1,132.1
Higher than 62% 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).
7,965
Lower than 79% 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).
26,433
Lower than 65% 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).
66
Higher than 64% 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 15-minute drive connects residents to the city, which is faster than in most other areas. Additionally, the walk to the nearest public transport stop is just one minute, much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 93% 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.
15
Lower than 74% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Trigg - North Beach - Watermans Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/505021094/trigg-north-beach-watermans-bay/topic/transport