3.2% ▼ -35.7%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Beauty Point - Beaconsfield · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Beauty Point - Beaconsfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 155-minute drive to the city makes Beauty Point - Beaconsfield one of the most remote areas for commuting. This isolation is reflected in the high reliance on private cars and very limited public transport options. Only 3.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 36.9% having two vehicles and 10.1% owning four or more. The proportion of homes without a car has fallen to 3.2%, a figure lower than most other areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Beauty Point - Beaconsfield splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport for work, at just 0.5%, which is much lower than most areas. While 10.8% of workers now work from home—up 4.4 points since 2011—this is still far below the Australian figure of 21%.
10.8% ▲ +68.2%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -68.0%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 scarce, with only 13 stops and 6 bus routes serving the area. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure, with only 131.8 compared to 767.0 in Tasmania.
13
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.21
Lower than 66% 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).
131.8
Lower than 79% 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).
6
Lower than 57% 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 without a car is difficult here, as the walk to the nearest stop can take 58 minutes. This is among the highest walking times for any similar area.
58
Higher than 95% 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.
155
Higher than 99% 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 Beauty Point - Beaconsfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602021053/beauty-point-beaconsfield/topic/transport