19.0% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Patchs Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Patchs Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge 81% of workers in Patchs Beach drive themselves to work. This reliance on cars is reflected in the total absence of public transport options for the area. Very few people use other methods to get to their jobs, with no one using trains or buses.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 71%, ahead of 4 or more (43%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Patchs Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 4 or more (29%) and 3 vehicles (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 19% of residents, though this is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%. No one in the area commutes using public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%.
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Patchs Beach. This puts the area far below the New South Wales average of 5.27 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Getting to the nearest transport stop is a challenge here, with a typical walk taking 68 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
68
Higher than 90% 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).
More for Patchs Beach
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Patchs Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13169/patchs-beach/topic/transport