3.0% ▼ -32.3%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Delacombe · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Delacombe
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 3% of homes in Delacombe lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This high reliance on cars shapes how the community moves, with very few people using public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 43.3% of homes owning two vehicles and 23% owning three or more. The share of households without a car fell to 3% in 2021, making this lower than most other areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Delacombe, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, while only 0.6% use public transport, a figure that is much lower than in most areas. Working from home rose to 11% since 2011, though this remains far below the Victorian average of 25.7%.
11.0% ▲ +205.4%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -43.4%
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is limited to four bus routes, with 39 stops in total. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure, and there are fewer stops per person than in most similar areas.
39
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.66
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
569.5
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
4
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around on foot is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 31 minutes, which is much higher than in most areas. The drive time to the city is also much higher than in most other places.
31
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
80
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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)).
- 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 Delacombe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/201011006/delacombe/topic/transport