0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
St Andrews Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in St Andrews Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in St Andrews Beach has a motor vehicle, making the area entirely dependent on cars for daily travel. While 26.9% of workers stay home for their jobs, the vast majority rely on driving to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 53% of homes owning two vehicles and 18.3% owning three. No households in the area are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In St Andrews Beach, 2 vehicles is the majority at 53%; 1 vehicle is next at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 54.2% of people commuting as a driver. Working from home is much more common than in most areas, at 26.9%, while only 0.6% of people use public transport.
26.9% ▲ +261.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▲ —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
Local bus services are the only public transport option, with 7 stops serving the area. Despite having far more stops per person than the Victorian average, weekly departures are far below the state figure.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.19
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).
306.0
Higher than 75% 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).
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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical trip to the city takes 69 minutes by car. Access to transport is relatively convenient for those on foot, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only 5 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
69
Higher than 50% 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 St Andrews Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22333/st-andrews-beach/topic/transport