Salamander Bay - Soldiers Point · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Salamander Bay - Soldiers Point

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

More than 21% of working residents in Salamander Bay - Soldiers Point now work from home, a huge jump from just 3% in 2011. This shift marks a major change in how people in the area get to work, while car use remains the dominant way to travel.

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📍 Salamander Bay - Soldiers Point, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have one or two cars, and 5.7% of households have no motor vehicle. This figure is higher than in most similar areas, though it remains well below the New South Wales average.

5.7% ▲ +75.2%

Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.3%
  • 2016: 5.5%
  • 2021: 5.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Salamander Bay - Soldiers Point, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (9%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common here, with 21.9% of the workforce doing so, which is among the highest for areas of this size. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.5%.

21.9% ▲ +621.7%

Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.0%
  • 2016: 7.1%
  • 2021: 21.9%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.5% ▼ -65.6%

Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.6%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 0.5%

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.

How people get to work

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In Salamander Bay - Soldiers Point, Car (driver) is the majority at 65%; Worked at home is next at 28%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Salamander Bay - Soldiers Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114027/salamander-bay-soldiers-point/topic/transport