Summerland Point - Gwandalan · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Summerland Point - Gwandalan

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

Nearly 59% of workers in Summerland Point - Gwandalan drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way people get around. This reliance on private transport is reflected in the high rate of car ownership across the area. Most homes here own multiple vehicles, while almost no one uses public transport for their daily commute.

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📍 Summerland Point - Gwandalan, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few homes here get by without a car, with only 2.4% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%, and the proportion of car-free homes has fallen since 2011.

2.4% ▼ -45.3%

Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.4%
  • 2016: 6.8%
  • 2021: 2.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Summerland Point - Gwandalan, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (14%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home has risen to 19.3% since 2011, though this is still a little below the national figure of 21.0%. Public transport is almost never used for commuting, with 0.0% of workers choosing it, which is well below the Australian average.

19.3% ▲ +187.8%

Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 6.7%
  • 2016: 3.3%
  • 2021: 19.3%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.8%
  • 2016: 0.1%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Summerland Point - Gwandalan, Car (driver) is the majority at 72%; Worked at home is next at 23%.

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 Summerland Point - Gwandalan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114031/summerland-point-gwandalan/topic/transport