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.
Sandy Beach - Emerald Beach · Urban Centre
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.
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.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Sandy Beach - Emerald Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
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.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.1% ▼ -88.1%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
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.
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