3.3% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Goolwa Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Goolwa Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Goolwa Beach compared to the national figure, with only 9.6% doing so. Most residents rely heavily on their own cars to get around, as there are no public transport stops or routes available in the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 45% of homes have one vehicle and 38% have two. Very few households are without a car, with only 3.3% having none, which is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Goolwa Beach, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (38%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers here drive to their jobs, while only 0.4% use public transport, a figure well below the state average. Only 9.6% of the workforce works from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
9.6% ▲ +141.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -53.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes serving this area. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian figure of 1,317.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 typical drive time to the city is 61 minutes. For those without a car, it takes about 20 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop.
20
Higher than 59% 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.
61
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 Goolwa Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40522/goolwa-beach/topic/transport