2.9% ▼ -52.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dalmeny · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Dalmeny
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 65% of workers in Dalmeny drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While the area has a high number of transport stops relative to its size, very few people actually use public transport or work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, and only 2.9% of households have no motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Dalmeny splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (42%) and 2 vehicles (40%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here at 11.7%, which is far below the state figure of 31%. No one in the area commutes to work using public transport.
11.7% ▲ +223.4%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Dalmeny has 15 public transport stops and 4 routes, which is more than 85% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.84
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
98.5
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality 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
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 8 minutes for a typical resident to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for similar areas.
8
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality 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.
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 Dalmeny [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11192/dalmeny/topic/transport