6.6% ▼ -28.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Beresfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Beresfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Most people in Beresfield rely on their own cars to get around, with 63.4% of workers driving themselves to work. While the area has a high number of public transport stops and routes, very few residents actually use these services for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.6% of homes in Beresfield have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is a single vehicle, seen in 41.3% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Beresfield, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than in the rest of the state, at only 10.7%. This is consistent with the very low number of people who use public transport to get to work, which stands at just 0.4%.
10.7% ▲ +453.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -84.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
Beresfield has a very high number of transport options, with 30 stops and 7 different routes. This means there are 9.18 stops per 1,000 people, a figure far above the New South Wales average of 5.27.
30
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.18
Higher than 87% 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).
1,079.0
Higher than 87% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality 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 to the city takes a long time, with a typical drive of 96 minutes. It is also much harder to reach a stop on foot than in most areas, with a typical walk of 46 minutes.
46
Higher than 77% 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.
96
Higher than 66% 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)).
- 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 Beresfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10301/beresfield/topic/transport