0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dolphin Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Dolphin Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private car use has remained the dominant way to get around Dolphin Point, where not a single home is without a motor vehicle. While the area has a high number of transit stops compared to other small places, almost no one actually uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home in Dolphin Point has at least one vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4% for households without a car. Nearly half of all homes keep two vehicles, and about 14% have three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Dolphin Point, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 50%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to commute, with 61.5% of workers driving. About 19.3% of people work from home, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average of 31%.
19.3% ▲ —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 14.12 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state figure of 5.27. However, weekly departures are far below the state average, and the only available service is the bus.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
14.12
Higher than 89% 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).
70.6
Higher than 65% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Residents generally have a short walk to the nearest transport stop, with the typical trip taking about 6 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
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 Dolphin Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11271/dolphin-point/topic/transport