3.7% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
City Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in City Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people are working from home in City Beach than in the state average, reflecting a shift in how locals commute. The area is heavily reliant on cars, though it has a very high number of public transport stops compared to similar suburbs. Most residents live just a one-minute walk from the nearest transit stop.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here get by without a car, with only 3.7% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, and the typical household owns two or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In City Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, though 15.7% work from home, which is well above the Western Australian figure. Public transport use for commuting is 3.0%, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
15.7% ▲ +69.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% ▼ -25.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 3.0%
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.
City Beach has a high number of bus stops and routes, with 7.2 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state average. While it has more routes than most similar areas, weekly departures are well below the Western Australian figure.
49
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.
7.20
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).
1,128.4
Higher than 87% 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).
15,426
Higher than 68% 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).
67,099
Higher than 72% 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).
47
Lower than 70% 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 well connected, with a typical one-minute walk to the nearest stop. It is also close to the city, with a driving time of just 13 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
13
Lower than 91% 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 City Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50294/city-beach/topic/transport