5.0% ▼ -42.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Beaufort · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Beaufort
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
High rates of vehicle ownership and low public transport use define Beaufort, where most residents rely on cars to get around. While the town has more transport stops than many similar areas, the typical trip to the city takes 102 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 38.4% of households own two. Only 5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Beaufort, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the main way people get to work, with 63.9% driving. Only 9.1% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%, and no one uses public transport to commute.
9.1% ▲ +94.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
The area has 6 routes and 3 stops, which is more than most similar places. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.75
Higher than 64% 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).
66.0
Higher than 65% 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).
6
Higher than 86% 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 around is challenging for those without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 47 minutes. This is much higher than most areas.
47
Higher than 78% 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.
102
Higher than 70% 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 Beaufort [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20181/beaufort/topic/transport