6.8% ▼ -22.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dapto · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Dapto
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short two-minute walk to the nearest stop is a common experience for people in Dapto. While the area has a high number of public transport routes, most residents still rely on their own cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.8% of homes in Dapto have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, the majority of households have at least one car, with 37.3% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Dapto splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The car is the main way to get to work for 59.3% of residents. Only 15.4% work from home, which is well below the national figure of 21.0%.
15.4% ▲ +789.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -63.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Dapto has 56 public transport stops and 18 routes, making it one of the largest for its level. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than in most similar areas.
56
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.11
Higher than 78% 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).
1,129.2
Higher than 87% 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).
18
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Walking to the nearest stop takes just two minutes on average, which is much lower than most areas. The typical drive time to the city is 71 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
71
Higher than 51% 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)).
- 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 Dapto [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11203/dapto/topic/transport