0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Beechford · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Beechford
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Beechford has a motor vehicle, making it far more car-dependent than the typical Tasmanian or Australian household. This reliance on private transport is reflected in the commute, where the vast majority of residents drive to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not one household in the area lacks a motor vehicle, which is well below the rates for Tasmania and Australia. Most homes have two vehicles, though 33.9% of households own three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Beechford, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way people get to work, with 67.5% as drivers. Very few people work from home at 7.5%, a figure far below the national average.
7.5% ▲ +123.5%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 7.5%
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.
Public transport is non-existent here, with no routes or stops available. This puts the area far below the Tasmanian figure for transport access per person.
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.
Getting to the city is a significant trip, with drive times among the highest for similar areas at 166 minutes.
166
Higher than 93% 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 Beechford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60037/beechford/topic/transport