2.9% ▼ -52.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Middleton Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Middleton Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 67% of workers in Middleton Beach drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most homes own multiple vehicles, the area has a very high number of public transport stops for its size.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 43% of homes have one vehicle and nearly 40% have two. Only 2.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Western Australian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Middleton Beach splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (42%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking to work is a choice for 3.7% of people, while 1.7% use public transport. Only 8.2% of residents work from home, which is far below the national figure.
8.2% ▲ +50.6%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▼ -16.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.7%
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.
Middleton Beach has 11.86 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Western Australian average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
11.86
Higher than 88% 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).
251.6
Higher than 74% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 to the nearest stop is quick, with a typical walk of just 3 minutes. This is much lower than most similar areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
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 Middleton Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50946/middleton-beach/topic/transport