55.4% ▼ -32.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 82.6%
- 2016: 61.0%
- 2021: 55.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Beswick · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Beswick
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of all homes in Beswick have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the Northern Territory and national averages. This creates a distinct transport profile where many residents rely on walking or public options rather than private cars. The area's reliance on non-car travel is much higher than in most other parts of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
A striking 55.4% of households here do not own a motor vehicle, which is far above the Northern Territory figure of 11.1% and the national rate of 7.4%. Only 26.5% of homes have a single vehicle, and 10.8% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Beswick, No vehicle is the majority at 60%; 1 vehicle is next at 29%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is the most common way to get to work for 44.2% of residents, while 11.7% use public transport, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. No one in the area works from home, a result far below the Australian average of 21%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
11.7% ▲ —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
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.
Despite the high use of public transport for commuting, there are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This puts Beswick far below the Northern Territory average for transport access.
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).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Beswick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70031/beswick/topic/transport