10.9% ▼ -18.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dickson · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Dickson
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 6-minute drive to the city makes Dickson one of the most accessible spots in the region. The area is highly connected, with 18 public transport stops and a huge number of weekly departures compared to the rest of the territory. This ease of movement is reflected in the high number of homes that do not need a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.9% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the 5.6% figure for the ACT. Most households have one car, while 27.5% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Dickson, 1 vehicle is the majority at 52%; 2 vehicles is next at 28%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is very high at 9.2%, well above the national figure of 3.1%. Meanwhile, 11.9% of people work from home, which is well below the 21% national average.
11.9% ▲ +379.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
9.2% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 9.2%
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 8 routes and a very high number of weekly departures per 1,000 people, far above the ACT average. This connectivity allows over 100,000 people to be reachable within 45 minutes by transit.
18
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.
5.47
Higher than 79% 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).
2,542.2
Higher than 95% 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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
32,722
Higher than 85% 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).
101,982
Higher than 79% 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).
30
Lower than 92% 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 around is easy, with the nearest stop just a 1-minute walk away. The drive time to the city is only 6 minutes, among the lowest for similar areas.
1
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.
6
Lower than 99% 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 Dickson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80046/dickson/topic/transport