3.2% ▼ -17.3%
Lower than 92% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dickson · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Dickson
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Remote living has remained the norm in Dickson, where only 3.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. This reliance on cars is common across the area, though a growing number of residents now work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 42.5% of homes owning two vehicles and 15.8% owning three. Only 3.2% of households are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Dickson, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose sharply to 17.9% since 2016, though this is still well below the Australian figure. Most people commute by car, while only 3.2% use public transport, a figure that has fallen since 2016.
17.9% —
Higher than 56% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.2% —
Higher than 59% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 3.2%
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.
Public transport is limited, with weekly departures per 1,000 people far below the Queensland figure. While there are 84 different routes, the 504 stops are fewer than in most similar areas, and 92.3% of services are buses.
504
Lower than 87% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.16
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
407.6
Lower than 79% of federal electorate 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).
84
Higher than 84% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical drive time to the city is 32 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this type.
32
Higher than 57% of federal electorate 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 Dickson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED307/dickson/topic/transport