13.5% ▼ -39.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Canton Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Canton Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Cars remain the dominant way to travel in Canton Beach, though a surprising 13.5% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well above the national figure of 7.4%, making it one of the highest rates for this level of area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one vehicle (60.7%), while 18.5% have two. This explains why the 13.5% of households without a car is considered very high compared to both the state and the nation.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Canton Beach, 1 vehicle is the majority at 62%; 2 vehicles is next at 19%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary choice for 55.9% of workers. Those who work from home make up 14.4% of the workforce, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.
14.4% ▲ +368.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 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.
The area has 5 public transport stops and 4 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, these are all bus services, and the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
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.
4.16
Higher than 74% 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).
686.4
Higher than 82% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
9,909
Higher than 58% 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).
9,909
Lower than 59% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 78 minutes to drive to the city. Getting to a nearby stop is relatively easy, with a typical walk of just 4 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
78
Higher than 55% 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 Canton Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10797/canton-beach/topic/transport