0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Murrays Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Murrays Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people work from home in Murrays Beach than in most similar areas, with 40.3% of the workforce doing so. This high rate of home-working is a defining feature of the area's transport patterns, as almost no one uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Murrays Beach has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures. Over half of all households have two vehicles, and 18.1% have three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Murrays Beach, 2 vehicles is the majority at 57%; 1 vehicle is next at 25%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 40.5% of workers drive to their jobs, 40.3% work from home, a figure far above the national average. No one in the area uses public transport to commute.
40.3% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 40.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has four bus stops, which is more than about 76% of similar places. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.54
Higher than 76% 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).
74.8
Higher than 66% 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.
It takes 85 minutes to drive to the city, which is longer than most areas. The walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 13 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
13
Higher than 50% 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.
85
Higher than 60% 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 Murrays Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12865/murrays-beach/topic/transport