6.0% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Orient Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Orient Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people in Orient Point use public transport to get to work than in most similar areas, though the vast majority still rely on cars. While the area has a high number of transit stops, the typical commute to the city is very long at 131 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, but 6% of households have no motor vehicle at all. This is much higher than in most similar areas, though it remains well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Orient Point splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 71.8% of residents. Only 8.3% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21% and much lower than in most similar areas.
8.3% ▲ +75.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▲ —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 12.72 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average of 5.27. Despite having more stops than 80% of similar areas, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.72
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).
268.7
Higher than 74% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
The walk to the nearest stop is very short, placing Orient Point among the lowest for walking distance at this level. However, the drive time to the city is much higher than most areas.
0
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.
131
Higher than 86% 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).
More for Orient Point
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Orient Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13107/orient-point/topic/transport