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.
Salamander Bay - Soldiers Point · Urban Centre
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.
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.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Salamander Bay - Soldiers Point, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
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.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -65.6%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
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.
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