3.1% ▼ -48.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Smiths Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Smiths Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Smiths Beach relies on a car to get around, with only 3.1% of households without a vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving is reflected in the daily routine, where nearly half of the workforce drives to work and no one uses public transport for their commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 36.2% have two. The proportion of households without a vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Smiths Beach, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (37%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 26.1%, which is well above the Australian figure of 21%. In contrast, 0.0% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure well below the national average.
26.1% ▲ +840.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 26.1%
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: 3.4%
- 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.
While the area has two bus routes and more stops per person than most similar areas, service is limited. Weekly departures are far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9 per 1,000 people.
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.
6.35
Higher than 83% 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).
203.2
Higher than 73% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
Daily travel often involves longer trips, with a typical drive time to the city of 92 minutes. A walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 8 minutes.
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.
92
Higher than 64% 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 Smiths Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22294/smiths-beach/topic/transport