6.8% ▼ -38.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dolls Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Dolls Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than a third of working residents stay at home for their jobs in Dolls Point, reflecting a strong shift toward remote work. While the area is very well connected to public transport, the typical trip to the city by transit takes much longer than in most other areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 6.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Dolls Point, 1 vehicle is the majority at 53%; 2 vehicles is next at 32%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, with 35.9% of people doing so. Only 1.4% of the workforce uses public transport to get to work, which is a little below the national figure.
35.9% ▲ +1335.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -79.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
Dolls Point is well served by bus routes, with 9 stops and more weekly departures per 1,000 people than the state average. This accessibility means 79,659 people can be reached within 45 minutes by transit.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.51
Higher than 80% 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).
1,450.7
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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
16,659
Higher than 70% 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).
79,659
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
70
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Daily travel is convenient for many, with a very short 1-minute walk to the nearest stop and a drive time to the city that is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
18
Lower than 85% 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 Dolls Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11269/dolls-point/topic/transport