11.3% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dee Why · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Dee Why
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 33% of workers in Dee Why now work from home, making this a highly flexible hub for professionals. The area's layout supports a mix of travel styles, with a strong reliance on cars alongside a significant number of households that live without a vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.3% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. Over half of all households use a single car, while 28.1% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Dee Why, 1 vehicle is the majority at 52%; 2 vehicles is next at 28%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, with 32.3% of the workforce doing so. Public transport use for commuting is also well above the state and national figures at 8.0%.
32.3% ▲ +930.9%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.0% ▼ -55.3%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 8.0%
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.
Bus services are the only form of public transport here, with 17 routes and 54 stops. Weekly departures are a little above the state average, allowing over 177,000 people to be reached within 45 minutes by transit.
54
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.31
Higher than 67% 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).
1,554.5
Higher than 89% 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).
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
77,287
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
177,542
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
60
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Daily trips are convenient, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only one minute. The drive time to the city is 19 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
19
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Dee Why [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11229/dee-why/topic/transport