6.5% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Salamander Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Salamander Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive 134-minute drive to the city marks Salamander Bay as an area where residents are far more distant from the state capital than most. While public transport options are plentiful, very few people actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Nearly half of all households own one vehicle, while 33.6% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Salamander Bay, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.3% of workers use public transport, a figure that is a little below the state and national levels. Working from home is more common, though at 19.3% this is far below the New South Wales figure.
19.3% ▲ +317.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -68.7%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 access is strong, with 49 stops and 6 routes making it one of the largest providers at this level. The 9.82 stops per 1,000 people is far above the New South Wales average.
49
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.82
Higher than 87% 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).
1,248.8
Higher than 88% 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).
6
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.
The typical walk to the nearest stop takes about 8 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
134
Higher than 87% 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 Salamander Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13478/salamander-bay/topic/transport