1.4% ▼ -59.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pambula Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Pambula Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Pambula Beach relies on a car, with only 1.4% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, highlighting a strong dependence on private transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least two cars, with 45.2% owning exactly two and 13.9% having three. This high rate of ownership is consistent with the very low number of car-free households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pambula Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, used by 61.4% of residents. While 14.5% work from home, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%, and no one uses public transport for their commute.
14.5% ▲ +124.3%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 14.5%
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: 1.1%
- 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.
There are 6.00 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the state average. However, with only buses available, weekly departures per 1,000 people are 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.
6.00
Higher than 81% 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).
152.9
Higher than 72% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 20 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this type.
20
Higher than 59% 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 Pambula Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13152/pambula-beach/topic/transport