1.2% ▼ -56.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Macmasters Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Macmasters Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A shift towards remote work is the standout story for Macmasters Beach, where 37.6% of residents now work from home. This is far above the national figure of 21%. Most households rely heavily on cars, and very few people use public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with only 1.2% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well below the 9.2% seen across New South Wales, and nearly 46% of households own two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Macmasters Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common, at 37.6%, which is well above the state average. Only 0.6% of the workforce uses public transport to commute, which is a little below the national figure.
37.6% ▲ +313.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -82.5%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 17 public transport stops, which is more than 86% of similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure, and all services are buses.
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.
12.15
Higher than 88% 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).
414.6
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 8 minutes to walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 70 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this type.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
70
Higher than 50% 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 Macmasters Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12441/macmasters-beach/topic/transport