2.7% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ocean Shores · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ocean Shores
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Overwhelming reliance on cars defines daily life in Ocean Shores, where only 2.7% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure and highlights a community where private transport is essential. While public transport options exist, they are rarely used for the daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 41.9% having two vehicles and 14.7% having three. Very few homes are without a car, a rate that is well below both the New South Wales and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ocean Shores, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 55% of residents, while 21.4% work from home. This working-from-home rate is about the same as the Australian average, but only 0.2% of people use public transport to commute.
21.4% ▲ +175.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -46.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 7 public transport routes and 18 stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales average, and all services are buses.
18
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.
3.12
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).
104.7
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).
7
Higher than 86% 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.
Residents typically have a shorter walk to the nearest transport stop than people in most other areas, with a typical walk of about 5 minutes.
5
Lower than 68% 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 Ocean Shores [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13081/ocean-shores/topic/transport