3.0% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sunshine Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sunshine Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport stops than most similar areas can be found in Sunshine Bay, though the community relies heavily on private cars. Only 3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have one or two cars, with 45.3% owning one and 38.8% owning two. Very few homes lack a vehicle, a rate that is well below both the state and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sunshine Bay, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (39%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 69.5% of people as the driver. Far fewer people work from home here compared to the rest of Australia, at just 8.3%.
8.3% ▲ +42.9%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▲ +21.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
With 19 stops and two routes, the area has far more stops per 1,000 people than the New South Wales average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
19
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.
13.20
Higher than 89% 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).
378.7
Higher than 76% 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.
Getting to a stop is quick for residents, with a typical walk of only 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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 Sunshine Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13710/sunshine-bay/topic/transport