Beulah · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Beulah

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost 38% of homes in Beulah have two motor vehicles, making cars the dominant way to get around. This rural area relies heavily on private transport, with very few people using public options for their daily travel.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own multiple cars, with 19.8% having three and 19.1% owning four or more. Only 4.6% of homes have no vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.

4.6% ▼ -3.8%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.8%
  • 2016: 3.8%
  • 2021: 4.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Beulah, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (20%) and 4 or more (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 46.8% of residents, while 22.2% work from home. This is a little above the national figure, though no one in the area commutes by public transport.

22.2% ▼ -17.1%

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 26.8%
  • 2016: 23.0%
  • 2021: 22.2%

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.

How people get to work

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In Beulah, Car (driver) is the majority at 55%; Worked at home is next at 26%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Beulah has 12.82 public transport stops per 1,000 people, far above the state average. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian figure, with all services provided by buses.

12.82

Higher than 89% 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).

102.6

Higher than 69% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to a stop takes longer than in most areas, with a typical walk of 22 minutes.

22

Higher than 60% 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 Beulah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20231/beulah/topic/transport