0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Beechina · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Beechina
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 40% of households in Beechina have three motor vehicles, reflecting a strong reliance on cars. This is a place where every single home owns at least one vehicle, making it far more dependent on private transport than the typical Western Australian or Australian household.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The area is heavily car-reliant, with 67.4% of homes owning either two or three vehicles. No home in Beechina is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the 5.0% seen across Western Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Beechina, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 4 or more (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 60% of residents travelling by car. Very few people work from home at 5.7%, a figure far below the 21.0% national average, and no one uses public transport to commute.
5.7% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
While Beechina has 7.81 public transport stops per 1,000 people—well above the state figure—actual service is limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Western Australian average, and all available services are buses.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.81
Higher than 86% 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).
117.2
Higher than 70% 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).
4,633
Higher than 50% 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).
4,633
Lower than 66% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 43 minutes, which is lower than most areas. However, getting to the nearest transport stop is more difficult here, with a walking time that is higher than most areas at 23 minutes.
23
Higher than 61% 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.
43
Lower than 66% 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 Beechina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50094/beechina/topic/transport