1.7% ▼ -28.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dawesville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Dawesville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people live without a car in Dawesville than in the rest of Australia. Only 1.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, making car ownership very common here. This heavy reliance on driving is reflected in the daily commute and the way residents get around the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least two cars, with 44.7% owning exactly two and 21.8% having three or more. This explains why the 1.7% of homes without a vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Dawesville, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 57.3% of people as the driver and 5.1% as a passenger. Working from home is far less common here at 7.6% compared to the national figure of 21%.
7.6% ▲ +66.6%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.9% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 a high number of public transport stops—among the largest for its level—with 35 stops and 3 routes. However, these are all bus services, and the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
35
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.
4.90
Higher than 77% 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).
995.9
Higher than 86% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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).
9,664
Lower than 59% 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 quicker than in most similar areas, with a typical walk taking 6 minutes. The drive time to the city is 59 minutes.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
59
Lower 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 Dawesville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50396/dawesville/topic/transport