2.9% ▼ -41.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Salter Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Salter Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
High public transport access sets Salter Point apart from most similar areas. While the neighborhood is very well served by stops, most residents still rely on cars for their daily travel. Only 2.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much lower than the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 42.1% of homes owning two vehicles and 17.8% having three. Very few households get by without a car, a rate that is well below the Australian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Salter Point, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 59.4% acting as the driver. About 5.5% use public transport, which is among the highest for similar areas, while 12.1% work from home.
12.1% ▲ +135.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.5% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 5.5%
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.
The area has a high number of stops and routes compared to most similar places, though all services are bus-based. Despite having 19 stops, the weekly number of departures per 1,000 people is well below the state figure.
19
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.52
Higher than 84% 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).
1,146.6
Higher than 87% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
11,653
Higher than 61% 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).
26,228
Higher than 53% 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).
49
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city is very quick by car, with a drive time of just 10 minutes. For those using transit, the walk to the nearest stop takes about 14 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
14
Higher than 51% 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.
10
Lower than 95% 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 Salter Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51321/salter-point/topic/transport