Sandy Beach - Emerald Beach · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Sandy Beach - Emerald Beach

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every home in Sandy Beach - Emerald Beach has a car, making it much more vehicle-dependent than most similar areas. While most residents rely on their own transport, a growing number are now working from home.

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📍 Sandy Beach - Emerald Beach, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 1.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Nearly half of all households own two cars, and about 15% have three.

1.4% ▼ -44.2%

Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 2.5%
  • 2021: 1.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Sandy Beach - Emerald Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

The typical worker here drives to work, with 68.8% as the driver and only 0.1% using public transport. Working from home rose to 11.9% since 2011, though this remains far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.

11.9% ▲ +105.2%

Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.8%
  • 2016: 10.2%
  • 2021: 11.9%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.1% ▼ -88.1%

Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.2%
  • 2016: 0.5%
  • 2021: 0.1%

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.

How people get to work

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In Sandy Beach - Emerald Beach, Car (driver) is the majority at 80%; Worked at home is next at 14%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Sandy Beach - Emerald Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115124/sandy-beach-emerald-beach/topic/transport