1.8% ▲ +149.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Blacks Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Blacks Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few residents lack a car in Blacks Beach, where only 1.8% of homes have no motor vehicle. This reliance on private transport is seen in the daily commute, as 76% of workers drive themselves to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least two cars, with 42.7% owning exactly two. Far fewer homes are without a vehicle compared to the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Blacks Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, at just 3.9%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%. While 1.9% of people use public transport to get to work, this is actually much higher than in most similar areas.
3.9% ▲ +47.5%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▼ -54.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.9%
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.
Public transport is limited to a single bus route with three stops. While this is more than many similar areas have, the number of weekly departures is far below the Queensland average.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.72
Higher than 60% 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).
47.2
Higher than 62% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes a typical resident about 18 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for areas of this type.
18
Higher 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.
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 Blacks Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30277/blacks-beach/topic/transport