8.9% ▼ -19.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Golden Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Golden Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Thirty public transport stops serve Golden Beach, making it one of the best-equipped areas of its kind for transit access. Despite this, most residents rely on cars to get around, though a surprisingly high number of homes have no motor vehicle at all.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. For those who do own cars, 44.6% of homes have one vehicle and 33.5% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Golden Beach, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and No vehicle (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive themselves to work (63.3%), while 13.1% work from home, a figure well below the Australian average of 21.0%. Only 0.7% use public transport for their commute.
13.1% ▲ +122.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -24.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
With 5.31 stops per 1,000 people, access to public transport is far above the state average, though all services are provided by buses. Weekly departures per person are much higher than most similar areas, yet still well below the Queensland figure.
30
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.31
Higher than 79% 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).
449.0
Higher than 77% 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.
Residents can reach the nearest transport stop in just 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The typical drive time to the city is 62 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
62
Lower than 55% 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 Golden Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31179/golden-beach/topic/transport