Dalwallinu · Council (LGA)

Transport & Vehicles in Dalwallinu

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

Very few homes lack a car in Dalwallinu, with only 1.7% of households without a vehicle. This makes the area one of the least likely places for residents to be without a car. Private transport is essential here, as public transit use is very low and the number of people working from home has fallen since 2011.

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📍 Dalwallinu, Council (LGA)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every home in Dalwallinu has a car, a figure that is well below the national rate of 7.4%. Most households own two vehicles (41.6%), and 28.8% have three or more.

1.7% ▼ -62.1%

Lower than 96% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 4.4%
  • 2016: 2.1%
  • 2021: 1.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Dalwallinu, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 62.4% of people, while only 0.6% use public transport, which is well below the state figure. About 10.7% of the workforce works from home, a rate that is far below the Australian average.

10.7% ▼ -22.7%

Lower than 59% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 13.9%
  • 2016: 11.8%
  • 2021: 10.7%

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

0.6% ▲ +43.1%

Lower than 60% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 0.4%
  • 2016: 0.6%
  • 2021: 0.6%

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 Dalwallinu, Car (driver) is the majority at 69%; Walked is next at 12%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is limited to a single bus route with six stops. While the number of stops per 1,000 people is higher than most similar areas, the actual number of weekly departures is far below the state average.

4.35

Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.

Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).

11.6

Lower than 68% of council (lga) 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Dalwallinu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA52520/dalwallinu/topic/transport