Maloneys Beach · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Maloneys Beach

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A shift toward total car reliance has seen Maloneys Beach become an area where every single home now has a motor vehicle. This complete dependence on cars is clear in the daily commute, with the vast majority of residents driving themselves to work.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home in Maloneys Beach owns at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures. About 47% of households have one vehicle, while 34% have two.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.0%
  • 2016: 3.6%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Maloneys Beach, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (10%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 62.6% of people as the driver and 7.6% as passengers. Only 9.2% of people work from home, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures.

9.2% ▲ +149.6%

Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.7%
  • 2016: 3.8%
  • 2021: 9.2%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Maloneys Beach, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 12%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

While the area has 6 bus stops and 1 route—more than most similar areas—service is limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure, and no one actually uses public transport to get to work.

14.71

Higher than 90% 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).

691.2

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 11 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.

11

Lower than 53% 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 Maloneys Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12470/maloneys-beach/topic/transport