3.6% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Callala Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Callala Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few homes in Callala Beach go without a car, with only 3.6% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This reliance on private transport is clear in the way people get to work, where over half the workforce drives themselves. While public transport stops are common, the area remains isolated from the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, and very few have none. The 3.6% of households without a vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Callala Beach splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (42%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 56.5% of people. About 23.8% work from home, which is a little above the Australian figure of 21.0%.
23.8% ▲ +455.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▲ —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Callala Beach has 17 public transport stops, which is far above the New South Wales average per person. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
17
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.
21.88
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).
404.1
Higher than 77% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
It takes 127 minutes to drive to the city, which is much higher than most areas. Despite this distance, the walk to the nearest stop is very short, taking only 2 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
127
Higher than 85% 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 Callala Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10757/callala-beach/topic/transport