5.3% ▼ -30.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Main Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Main Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost a quarter of workers in Main Beach avoid the daily commute by working from home. This flexibility, combined with an exceptionally high number of nearby public transport stops, makes getting around much easier than in most other areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 5.3% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. Over half of households own just one vehicle, while 34.5% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Main Beach, 1 vehicle is the majority at 51%; 2 vehicles is next at 35%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 24.7% of people doing so—a figure well above the national average of 21%. While 51.8% still drive to work, 3.5% use public transport, which is much higher than most similar areas.
24.7% ▲ +125.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.5% ▲ +31.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 access is among the highest at this level, with 4.5 stops per 1,000 people and 2,964.7 weekly departures. This is far above the Queensland figure, with the bus being the primary mode for 92.3% of users.
18
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.
4.50
Higher than 75% 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).
2,964.7
Higher than 97% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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.
Getting to the city is quicker here than in most areas, with a typical drive time of 51 minutes. Walking to the nearest transport stop is also very convenient, taking only 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
51
Lower than 61% 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 Main Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31735/main-beach/topic/transport