Beveridge · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Beveridge

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

Over half of all homes in Beveridge have two motor vehicles, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars for daily travel. This is a place where very few people get around without a vehicle, and most residents depend on driving to get to work.

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📍 Beveridge, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 1% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 19.4% owning three vehicles and 10.8% owning four or more.

1.0% ▲ —

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.0%
  • 2021: 1.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Beveridge, 2 vehicles is the majority at 50%; 3 vehicles is next at 20%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 63.8% of workers being the driver. While 16.3% work from home, this is well below the national figure of 21%. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.7%.

16.3% ▲ +102.5%

Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.0%
  • 2016: 5.0%
  • 2021: 16.3%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.7% ▼ -76.2%

Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.0%
  • 2016: 2.0%
  • 2021: 0.7%

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 Beveridge, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Worked at home is next at 19%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is limited to a single bus route, with 9 stops serving the area. While the number of stops is higher than most similar areas, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure.

1.94

Higher than 65% 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).

50.6

Higher than 63% 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).

0

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The drive time to the city is 37 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas. However, getting to the nearest transport stop is more difficult here, with a 23-minute walk that is higher than in most areas.

23

Higher than 61% 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.

37

Lower than 69% 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)).
  • Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
  • 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 Beveridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20233/beveridge/topic/transport