0.6% ▼ -80.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
West Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in West Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 71% of workers in West Beach drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on private cars. This is an area where almost every home owns a vehicle, and very few people work from home compared to the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 51.5% owning two vehicles and 15.7% having three. Only 0.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In West Beach, 2 vehicles is the majority at 52%; 1 vehicle is next at 26%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Car travel dominates the morning routine, with only 0.4% of people using public transport and 6.5% working from home. This work-from-home rate is far below the Australian average.
6.5% ▲ +36.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▲ —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 24 public transport stops, which is more than 90% of similar areas, though these are all bus services. Despite having more stops per person than the state average, the number of weekly departures is far below the Western Australian figure.
24
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.
16.18
Higher than 90% 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).
202.3
Higher than 73% 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 a stop is a challenge here, as the typical walk to the nearest one takes 47 minutes. This is much higher than in most other areas.
47
Higher than 78% 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).
More for West Beach
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in West Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51567/west-beach/topic/transport