2.6% ▲ +104.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Turners Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Turners Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge reliance on private cars defines Turners Beach, where 73.7% of workers drive themselves to work. While public transport options are more available than in many similar areas, the typical commute to the city takes a very long 182 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 43% owning two vehicles and 10.3% owning four or more. Only 2.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Turners Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport for work (0.5%), and the 6.5% who work from home is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
6.5% ▲ +151.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -50.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
There are 13 bus stops and one route, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
13
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.61
Higher than 84% 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).
246.2
Higher than 74% 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 around is challenging for those without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 24 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
24
Higher than 62% 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.
182
Higher than 96% 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 Turners Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60699/turners-beach/topic/transport