2.0% ▲ +39.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Castaways Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Castaways Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Castaways Beach than in the rest of the country, with 32.1% of workers doing so. This shift away from commuting is mirrored by the fact that almost every home owns a car, making the area very dependent on private vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households get by without a car, with only 2% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8% and the national figure of 7.4%, with 53.6% of homes owning two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Castaways Beach, 2 vehicles is the majority at 54%; 1 vehicle is next at 20%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, at 32.1%. This helps explain why no one in the area uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%.
32.1% ▲ +110.2%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 32.1%
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: 2.7%
- 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.
Local public transport options are quite strong, with 5.86 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Queensland figure of 2.99. There are two bus routes serving the area with 1,317.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.86
Higher than 81% 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).
1,317.7
Higher than 88% 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.
The drive time to the city is among the highest for similar areas at 149 minutes. For those using public transport, the typical walk to the nearest stop is about 10 minutes.
10
Lower than 54% 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.
149
Higher than 90% 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 Castaways Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30558/castaways-beach/topic/transport