3.4% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Beecroft · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Beecroft
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of the working population in Beecroft work from home, a figure far above the national average. This makes it one of the most flexible work hubs in the region, where the typical home has at least one car and very few people rely on daily commutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here go without a car, with only 3.4% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales and national figures, while 43% of households own two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Beecroft, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the dominant trend here at 52.7%, which is far above the state and national figures. Only 2.5% of the workforce use public transport, a rate about the same as the rest of the country.
52.7% ▲ +642.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 52.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.5% ▼ -84.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 2.5%
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.
Beecroft has 12 public transport routes and 41 stops, among the largest counts for its area type. However, the 62-minute transit time to the city is higher than most areas, and weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the state figure.
41
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.98
Higher than 73% 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).
950.8
Higher than 86% 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).
12
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
21,737
Higher than 75% 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).
109,955
Higher than 81% 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).
62
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality 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.
Getting to the city by car is relatively quick, with a drive time of 19 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also enjoy easy access to transport, with a typical 5-minute walk to the nearest stop.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
19
Lower than 84% 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 Beecroft [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10249/beecroft/topic/transport