Cabarita Beach · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Cabarita Beach

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Working from home has become a defining feature of Cabarita Beach, with 46.3% of the workforce now doing so. This is far above the national figure, reflecting a shift toward flexible work in this coastal area where car use and walking are the primary ways to get around.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Cabarita Beach has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures. Most households have either one or two cars.

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Cabarita Beach, 1 vehicle is the majority at 52%; 2 vehicles is next at 39%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Nearly half of the workforce (46.3%) works from home, a rate far above the national average. For those who do leave for work, walking and driving are the only methods used, as nobody commutes by public transport.

46.3% —

Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 22.2%
  • 2021: 46.3%

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.

How people get to work

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In Cabarita Beach, Worked at home is the majority at 51%; Car (driver) is next at 24%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are 9.9 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales figure. All available services are bus routes.

9.90

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).

1,069.3

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes a typical resident about 11 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop.

11

Lower than 53% 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 Cabarita Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10735/cabarita-beach/topic/transport