0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dawson · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Dawson
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Dawson has at least one motor vehicle, making cars essential for daily life. This reliance on driving is clear as there are no public transport stops or routes serving the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Owning a car is the norm here, with 40% of homes having two vehicles and 15% owning four or more. The 0% of homes without a vehicle is well below the Victoria figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Dawson, 2 vehicles is the majority at 57%; 1 vehicle is next at 21%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The most common how people get to work is Worked at home at 63%, ahead of Car (driver) (56%).
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is non-existent in the area, with zero stops and routes. This puts Dawson far below the Victorian average of 1,267.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around requires a long commitment, as it takes 131 minutes to drive to the city. This drive time is much higher than most areas, while the 84-minute walk to the nearest stop is among the highest for this level.
84
Higher 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 Dawson
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Dawson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20720/dawson/topic/transport