3.7% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Blueys Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Blueys Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 3.7% of homes in Blueys Beach have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This heavy reliance on cars is seen in the way people get to work, with half of the workforce driving themselves.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own at least one car, with 46.7% having one vehicle and 30.8% having two. Very few households get by without a car compared to the rest of the state.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Blueys Beach, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 50%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 24.5%, which is well above the national figure. This is the most popular alternative to driving, as no one in the area commutes by public transport.
24.5% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
While there are 20.66 stops per 1,000 people—far above the New South Wales figure—weekly departures are far below the state average. All available public transport services are buses.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
20.66
Higher than 93% 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).
260.3
Higher than 74% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 a stop is very easy for residents, with a typical walk of just one minute, which is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
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 Blueys Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10419/blueys-beach/topic/transport