1.4% ▼ -69.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Denhams Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Denhams Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes go without a car in Denhams Beach than in the rest of the state. Most households here rely heavily on their own vehicles to get around, with only 1.4% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This strong reliance on cars is seen in the daily commute, where very few people work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 43% of homes have two vehicles and about 46% have one. Only 1.4% of households have no car, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Denhams Beach splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (45%) and 2 vehicles (42%), with 3 vehicles at 7%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 9.5%. Most people commute by car, while 3.0% use public transport, which is about the same as the national figure.
9.5% ▲ +0.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% ▲ —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 3.0%
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 two public transport stops and one route, which is more than 72% of similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.08
Higher than 70% 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).
107.7
Higher than 69% 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.
Walking distance to the nearest stop is among the lowest for areas at this level, with some residents living 0 minutes away.
0
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 Denhams Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11238/denhams-beach/topic/transport