1.8% ▼ -21.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Valla Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Valla Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Valla Beach relies on a car to get around, with only 1.8% of households without a motor vehicle. This heavy reliance on driving is a defining feature of daily life in the area, where public transport options are limited.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly half of all homes have one car and another 40% have two. This means far fewer households are without a vehicle compared to the state and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Valla Beach, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (40%) and 3 vehicles (7%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, and 16.4% work from home, which is well below the national figure. Only 0.5% of workers use public transport to commute.
16.4% ▲ +196.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -62.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
The area has three bus routes and two stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures and stops per person is far below the New South Wales average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.37
Higher than 63% 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).
169.8
Higher than 72% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes a typical resident about 6 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is lower than in most similar areas.
6
Lower than 64% 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 Valla Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14086/valla-beach/topic/transport