Peppermint Grove Beach · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Peppermint Grove Beach

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Every single household in Peppermint Grove Beach has at least one motor vehicle. This reliance on cars is clear as most residents drive to work and the area has no public transport stops or routes available.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 53% of homes have two vehicles, and more than 12% have three. No home in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the Western Australian and national figures.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Peppermint Grove Beach, 2 vehicles is the majority at 53%; 1 vehicle is next at 28%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, with 66% of workers being the driver. Only 7.8% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure and much lower than most similar areas.

7.8% ▲ +56.7%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.0%
  • 2016: 6.1%
  • 2021: 7.8%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.1% ▲ —

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.3%
  • 2021: 1.1%

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.

How people get to work

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In Peppermint Grove Beach, Car (driver) is the majority at 82%; Worked at home is next at 10%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means the number of weekly departures and stops per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian average.

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city is a long trip from here, with a drive time of 120 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

120

Higher than 81% 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 Peppermint Grove Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51226/peppermint-grove-beach/topic/transport