2.9% ▼ -11.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Beeliar · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Beeliar
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people in Beeliar work from home compared to the rest of the country, with only 5.8% doing so. This highlights a local reliance on traditional commuting and private travel. While the area is well-served by bus routes, the vast majority of residents still depend on cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 47% of homes in Beeliar have two vehicles, and very few—just 2.9%—have no motor vehicle at all. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Beeliar, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive alone, making up 67.1% of trips. Only 3.5% use public transport, which is much higher than most similar areas but still a little below the Western Australian average.
5.8% ▲ +148.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.5% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 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.
Beeliar has 41 public transport stops and 4 routes, which is among the highest for areas of this size. However, these are all bus services, and the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
41
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.
4.76
Higher than 76% 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).
980.3
Higher than 86% 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).
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 typical drive time to the city is 53 minutes, which is lower than most areas. In contrast, the 77-minute walk to the nearest stop is among the highest at this level.
77
Higher than 95% 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.
53
Lower than 60% 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 Beeliar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50098/beeliar/topic/transport