3.5% ▼ -30.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Caves Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Caves Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people here use public transport and work from home than in most similar areas. Caves Beach is a car-dependent seaside spot, but 24.7% of workers now do their jobs from home. While most people drive, the area has a surprisingly high number of transport stops for its size.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have more than one car, with 43.2% owning two. Only 3.5% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure well below both the New South Wales and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Caves Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive to work, while 24.7% work from home, which is well above the national figure. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.5%.
24.7% ▲ +481.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -69.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 is well served by 21 bus stops and two routes, which is more than most similar places. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
21
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.
5.23
Higher than 78% 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).
742.8
Higher than 83% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
Living here means a long 88-minute drive to the city, which is higher than most areas. On the plus side, the walk to the nearest transport stop is very short, taking only one minute.
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.
88
Higher than 62% 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 Caves Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10861/caves-beach/topic/transport