2.4% ▼ -52.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sunset Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sunset Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all homes in Sunset Beach have two motor vehicles, making cars the dominant way to get around. This reliance on driving is clear in the workforce, where almost 75% of people drive themselves to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households go without a car, with only 2.4% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is a little below the Western Australian figure of 5% and well below the 7.4% national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sunset Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary choice for travel, as no one here commutes by public transport. This is well below the state and national figures; meanwhile, the 3.2% of people working from home is far below the 21% seen across Australia.
3.2% ▲ +30.8%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
The area has 21 public transport stops and two routes, which is more than most similar areas. While there are 13.48 stops per 1,000 people—far above the Western Australian figure—weekly departures are far below the state average.
21
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
13.48
Higher than 89% 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).
449.3
Higher than 77% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
Walking to the nearest transport stop is very quick, taking only one minute, which is much lower than most other 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.
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 Sunset Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51419/sunset-beach/topic/transport