6.1% ▲ +19.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Denistone East · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Denistone East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 47% of workers in Denistone East work from home, a figure far above the national average. This high rate of remote work defines the local commute, though the area remains well-connected with a short drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 40.9% owning two. Only 6.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Denistone East, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, far exceeding the New South Wales figure by 16 points. Public transport use for commuting is 3.1%, which is about the same as the national average.
46.6% ▲ +810.7%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 46.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▼ -77.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 3.1%
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.
The area has a high number of transit stops and routes compared to most similar places. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.36
Higher than 75% 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).
813.7
Higher than 84% 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).
25,943
Higher than 79% 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).
124,555
Higher than 84% 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.
Getting to the city is relatively quick, with a drive time of 17 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The walk to the nearest stop is also shorter than in most similar places, taking about 5 minutes.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
17
Lower than 86% 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 Denistone East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11241/denistone-east/topic/transport