1.5% ▼ -34.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Palm Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Palm Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost half of the workforce in Palm Beach now works from home, reflecting a shift toward remote professional life. This area is heavily dependent on cars, with only 1.5% of homes lacking a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 48.7% owning two vehicles and 13.9% owning three. Very few homes lack a car, a rate far lower than both the state and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Palm Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Remote work is incredibly common here, as 45% of people work from home, which is far above the Australian average. In contrast, no one uses public transport to get to work.
45.0% ▲ +196.0%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 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.
Local transit is entirely bus-based, with a very high number of stops and weekly departures compared to the state average. Despite this, the number of people reachable by transit within 45 minutes is lower than in about 56% of similar areas.
25
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.
15.13
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).
11,753.0
Higher than 99% 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).
13,052
Lower than 56% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest stop is just 6 minutes, which is lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 41 minutes, also lower than in many other areas.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
41
Lower than 67% 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 Palm Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13143/palm-beach/topic/transport