1.7% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Summerland Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Summerland Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport stops than most similar areas are found in Summerland Point, though the town remains heavily reliant on cars. Very few households lack a vehicle, and the typical resident faces an 81-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home has a car, with only 1.7% of households lacking one—a figure well below the national rate of 7.4%. Most homes are well equipped, as 40.9% have two vehicles and 22.8% have three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Summerland Point, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Car travel dominates the commute, with 58.6% driving to work and 0% using public transport. While 18.6% of people work from home, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
18.6% ▲ +433.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 18.6%
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: 2.1%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 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 stops and 4 routes, which is more than about 85% of similar places. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure, and all transit is provided by buses.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.17
Higher than 78% 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).
513.7
Higher than 79% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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).
6,492
Lower than 63% 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 the nearest stop takes almost no time at all, putting the area among the lowest for walking distance. Despite this local access, the drive to the city takes 81 minutes.
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.
81
Higher than 57% 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 Summerland Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13705/summerland-point/topic/transport