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.
Beaumaris · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Beaumaris
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people have access to public transport stops in Beaumaris than in most similar areas, yet the community remains heavily reliant on cars. Every single home in the area owns at least one motor vehicle, and almost no one uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, with 0% of homes lacking a motor vehicle, which is well below the Tasmanian and national figures. Most households are well equipped, with 43% owning two vehicles and another 18.1% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Beaumaris, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 68.1% of workers commuting as the driver. Very few people work from home at 9.2%, a figure that is far below the Australian average.
9.2% ▲ +50.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 5.52 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, the 93.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Tasmanian figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.52
Higher than 80% 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).
93.9
Higher than 68% 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.
Despite the number of stops, getting to them is a challenge, as it takes a typical resident 31 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is higher than in most areas.
31
Higher than 67% 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 Beaumaris [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60035/beaumaris/topic/transport