Dardanup · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Dardanup

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

Very few changes have occurred in how people move around Dardanup since 2011, though the area remains heavily reliant on cars. Almost every home owns at least one vehicle, and the vast majority of the workforce drives to their jobs.

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📍 Dardanup, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high in Dardanup, where only 0.9% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the Western Australian figure of 5.0%, with 60% of households owning three or more vehicles.

0.9% ▲ +16.9%

Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 0.7%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 0.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Dardanup, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 1 vehicle (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 64.6% of people as the driver. Only 1.6% use public transport, which is well below the state figure of 4.7%, while the 9.6% who work from home is far below the national average.

9.6% ▼ -0.8%

Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 9.7%
  • 2016: 9.5%
  • 2021: 9.6%

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

1.6% ▲ +44.8%

Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 1.1%
  • 2016: 1.2%
  • 2021: 1.6%

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 Dardanup, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 12%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport options are very limited, with just one bus route and one stop serving the area. This results in 0.30 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the Western Australian average of 5.48.

1

Lower than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

0.30

Lower than 97% 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).

3.0

Lower than 98% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The area is quite remote, with the drive time to the city among the highest for similar areas at 126 minutes.

126

Higher than 93% 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 Dardanup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/501021010/dardanup/topic/transport