3.0% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Avalon Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Avalon Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home is a dominant part of daily life in Avalon Beach, where 41.4% of people avoid a daily commute. This far exceeds the national figure and highlights a local workforce that is much more likely to work from home than those in the rest of Australia.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here go without a car, with only 3% having no motor vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales and national averages. Most households have multiple cars, as 43.7% own two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Avalon Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
A small number of people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.8%, which is a little below the state and national figures. Instead, 37.4% of workers drive as the primary driver.
41.4% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
The area has a high number of bus stops and routes, with 5.59 stops per 1,000 people. Weekly departures are well above the New South Wales figure, making this one of the highest levels for this type of area.
58
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.59
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
2,046.9
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
13,052
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality 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).
26,733
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is relatively convenient, with a typical four-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 36 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas.
4
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality 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.
36
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality 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 Avalon Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10112/avalon-beach/topic/transport