2.0% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tura Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tura Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 2% of homes in Tura Beach lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. This high level of car ownership makes the area very dependent on private transport for daily travel. Most residents rely on cars to get to work and get around the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 42% of homes owning two vehicles and 40.7% having one. This means far fewer homes are without a car compared to the New South Wales average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Tura Beach splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (42%) and 1 vehicle (41%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 64.8% of people being the driver. Only 12.4% of residents work from home, a figure that is far below the state average.
12.4% ▲ +126.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -19.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
Public transport is limited to one bus route with seven stops. While this is more than some similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the New South Wales average.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.06
Higher than 66% 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).
39.6
Higher than 62% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 11 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
11
Lower than 53% 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 Tura Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13991/tura-beach/topic/transport