0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rocky Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rocky Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Rocky Point has at least one motor vehicle, making cars essential for daily life. While 23.3% of people work from home, the area lacks any public transport routes or stops, meaning residents almost exclusively rely on driving to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 39.6% of homes owning two vehicles and 7.3% owning four or more. No homes in the area are without a vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Rocky Point, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 57.5% of residents. While 23.3% of people work from home—which is a little above the Australian figure—no one in the area commutes using public transport.
23.3% ▲ —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport is non-existent in Rocky Point, with zero routes, stops, or weekly departures. This puts the area far below the New South Wales average for transport access.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 68 minutes to drive to the city. Despite the total lack of local services, the walk to the nearest stop is only 3 minutes, which is much lower than in most areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
68
Lower 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)).
- 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 Rocky Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13403/rocky-point/topic/transport