5.3% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Beechboro · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Beechboro
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Forty-eight public transport stops serve Beechboro, which is among the highest number of stops for any area at this level. While the suburb is well-connected by bus, the vast majority of residents still rely on cars to get around. This mix of high transit access and high car use defines how people move through the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, though 5.3% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, although it is about the same as the Western Australian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Beechboro, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Car travel dominates the trip to work, with 68.4% of people driving. Very few people work from home at 4.4%, a figure that is far below the national average of 21.0%.
4.4% ▲ +145.4%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.2% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.2%
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.
Buses are the only form of public transport here, with 1,660.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people. This is among the highest rates at this level, and the area has five different routes, which is more than about 88% of similar areas.
48
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.27
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).
1,660.4
Higher than 90% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
48,457
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
58
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The suburb is very accessible, with a short 2-minute walk to the nearest stop. It is also relatively close to the city, with a drive time of 17 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
17
Lower than 86% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Beechboro [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50093/beechboro/topic/transport