0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sandy Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sandy Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 39% of people in Sandy Point work from home, which is far above the national figure. This makes it a place where a large number of residents avoid a daily commute entirely. Most households here are heavily reliant on cars for their travel needs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Sandy Point has at least one motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales and national figures for homes without a car, with 45% of households owning two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sandy Point, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 4 or more (19%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 38.6%, which is much higher than most similar areas. Only 1.5% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure slightly below the state and national averages.
38.6% ▲ +507.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -68.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 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.
While the area has 7 public transport stops—far more per person than the state average—they are all bus stops. Despite this, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
11.73
Higher than 88% 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).
234.5
Higher than 73% 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).
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.
Getting to a nearby stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes. The drive time to the city is 32 minutes, which is lower than in most other areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
32
Lower than 72% 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 Sandy Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13502/sandy-point/topic/transport