4.5% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Surf Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Surf Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 69% of workers in Surf Beach drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way people get around. While the area has a high number of public transport stops for its size, very few residents actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two vehicles, and only 4.5% of households have no motor vehicle. This is higher than most similar areas, though it is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Surf Beach, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (37%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across the state, with only 11% of residents doing so. Just 0.7% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%.
11.0% ▲ +197.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 19 public transport stops and two routes, meaning there are 9.82 stops per 1,000 people—far above 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.
9.82
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).
370.2
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.
Access to transport is convenient for those who use it, with a typical one-minute walk to the nearest stop, which is much lower than in most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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 Surf Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13712/surf-beach/topic/transport