35.0% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Forrest Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Forrest Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 40% of workers in Forrest Beach drive to work, though the area is most notable for the 35% of people who work from home. This remote-working rate is far above the national figure and much higher than most similar areas. The community relies almost entirely on private cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 4 or more at 38%, ahead of 2 vehicles (23%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Forrest Beach, 4 or more is the majority at 63%; 2 vehicles is next at 38%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 35%, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 7.5%. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, a result well below the national average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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 the area. This means the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
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.
Getting around is a challenge without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 86 minutes. The drive time to the city is also much higher than most areas, taking about 119 minutes.
86
Higher 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.
119
Higher than 80% 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 Forrest Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50515/forrest-beach/topic/transport