3.1% ▼ -36.7%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Beauty Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Beauty Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far lower share of people work from home in Beauty Point compared to the national figure. While most residents rely on private cars, the area has more public transport stops than many similar places. This mix of options supports a community where the vast majority of homes own at least one vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here are without a car, at just 3.1%. This is well below the national figure, with 39.9% of households owning one vehicle and 35.9% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Beauty Point splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is uncommon here, with only 9.5% of residents doing so, which is far below the Australian figure. Most people commute by car, while 1.6% use public transport, a rate much higher than in most similar areas.
9.5% ▲ +121.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
Five public transport stops serve the area, which is more than about 77% of similar places. However, the 196.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Tasmania figure.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.89
Higher than 73% 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).
196.1
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).
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.
Getting to the city takes a long time, with a drive time of 155 minutes, which is among the highest for this level. The walk to the nearest stop takes about 11 minutes, putting it around the middle for similar areas.
11
Lower than 53% 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.
155
Higher than 91% 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 Beauty Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60036/beauty-point/topic/transport