1.1% ▼ -56.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Surf Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Surf Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Surf Beach has a motor vehicle, placing it among the most car-dependent areas of its type. Only 1.1% of households are without a car, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This heavy reliance on private transport is reflected in how people get to work and the limited use of local transit.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 46.7% of homes owning two vehicles and 14.2% owning three. Very few households lack a car, a figure that is well below both the Victorian and Australian averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Surf Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (37%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, as 0% of people use public transport. Around 20.4% of the workforce works from home, which is about the same as the national figure.
20.4% ▲ +246.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 20.4%
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: 1.3%
- 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 three public transport routes and two stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian average, and all available services are buses.
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.
2.99
Higher than 69% 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).
97.0
Higher than 68% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
It takes 89 minutes to drive to the city, which is longer than in most similar areas. The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 7 minutes.
7
Lower 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.
89
Higher than 62% 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 Surf Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22398/surf-beach/topic/transport