2.7% ▲ —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Preston Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Preston Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A heavy reliance on private cars defines transport in Preston Beach, where the drive to the city takes a long 122 minutes. While most homes have at least one vehicle, very few people work from home compared to the national trend.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here have one or two cars, with 42.3% owning one and 38.7% owning two. Only 2.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Preston Beach splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (44%) and 2 vehicles (40%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 60.6% of residents. Only 7.0% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%, while 4.2% use public transport.
7.0% ▲ —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.2% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 4.2%
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.
Public transport is virtually non-existent here, with no stops or routes available. This is far below the Western Australian figure of 5.48 stops per 1,000 people.
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.
The journey to the city is quite long, taking 122 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.
122
Higher than 82% 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 Preston Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51262/preston-beach/topic/transport