Beachport · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Beachport

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

Far fewer people go without a car in Beachport than across the state, with only 2.6% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This makes the area much more dependent on private transport than the typical Australian town. Most households own at least two vehicles to get around.

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📍 Beachport, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Nearly 45% of homes have two vehicles, and only 2.6% have none. This lack of car-free homes is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2% and has fallen since 2011.

2.6% ▼ -50.8%

Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.2%
  • 2016: 5.5%
  • 2021: 2.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Beachport, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure. While 10% of people work from home—a figure higher than most similar areas—the majority of residents drive themselves to work.

10.0% ▲ +34.3%

Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 7.5%
  • 2016: 3.3%
  • 2021: 10.0%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre 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.

How people get to work

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In Beachport, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 12%.

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 Beachport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421002/beachport/topic/transport