9.8% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wrights Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wrights Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one uses public transport for work in Wrights Beach, where cars are the primary way to get around. While the area has more stops per person than most similar places, the heavy reliance on driving is clear in the daily routines of residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have two cars, and 9.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wrights Beach, 2 vehicles is the majority at 54%; 1 vehicle is next at 26%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 66.7% of people as the driver. This is reflected in the very low number of people working from home (11.1%), a figure far below the New South Wales average.
11.1% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Wrights Beach has 7.3 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state figure. However, there is only one bus route available, and weekly departures are far below the state average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.30
Higher than 86% 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).
109.5
Higher than 70% 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.
It takes much longer than most areas to drive to the city, taking 142 minutes. A walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 8 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
142
Higher than 88% 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)).
- 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 Wrights Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14446/wrights-beach/topic/transport