Daleys Point · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Daleys Point

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

Working from home is the most common way to get to work in Daleys Point, where 41.1% of the workforce does so. This is far above the national figure of 21%. While most households own multiple cars, the area has a high number of public transport stops relative to its population.

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📍 Daleys Point, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have at least one car, and 4.7% of households have no motor vehicle. This is higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.

4.7% ▼ -22.7%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.1%
  • 2016: 6.1%
  • 2021: 4.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Daleys Point, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (37%) and 3 vehicles (8%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

About 41.1% of people work from home, which is among the highest rates for this level and far above the 31% seen across New South Wales. Very few people use public transport for their commute, with only 2.0% doing so.

41.1% ▲ +252.6%

Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.7%
  • 2016: 8.6%
  • 2021: 41.1%

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

2.0% ▼ -66.1%

Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.8%
  • 2016: 8.6%
  • 2021: 2.0%

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 Daleys Point, Worked at home is the majority at 50%; Car (driver) is next at 45%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are 11.35 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state figure of 5.27. All available routes are bus services, and the area sees 1,470.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure a little above the state average.

11.35

Higher than 88% 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).

1,470.9

Higher than 89% 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.

How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes a typical 24-minute walk to reach the nearest stop, which is higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is 66 minutes, placing it around the middle for its level.

24

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.

66

Lower than 52% of suburb / locality 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)).
  • Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
  • 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 Daleys Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11190/daleys-point/topic/transport