10.5% ▼ -32.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ramsgate Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ramsgate Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Better than 84% of similar areas for transit reach, Ramsgate Beach is a well-connected hub where many residents forgo cars. Roughly 10.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the national average of 7.4%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.5% of households here do not own a motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. For those who do, nearly half of homes have one vehicle, while 32.4% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ramsgate Beach, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 50%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 32.9% of the workforce doing so—far above the national figure of 21%. Driving is the next most popular choice at 43.2%, while only 2% of people use public transport to get to work.
32.9% ▲ +884.5%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▼ -70.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 a high density of services, with 9.8 public transport stops per 1,000 people, far above the state figure. While there are three bus routes and frequent departures, the transit time to the city is higher than most areas at 67 minutes.
17
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.
9.80
Higher than 87% 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).
3,962.5
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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
30,555
Higher than 83% 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).
79,659
Higher than 74% 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).
67
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just 3 minutes. This is much lower than most areas, and the 17-minute drive to the city is also much faster than for most similar places.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
17
Lower than 86% 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 Ramsgate Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13323/ramsgate-beach/topic/transport