3.7% ▲ +32.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Denistone West · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Denistone West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Denistone West than in most similar areas. Nearly 45% of the workforce stays home for their job, which is far above the national figure of 21%. This creates a distinct pattern where the local community relies less on daily travel than other suburbs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 45.5% owning two. Only 3.7% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Denistone West, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common way to earn a living here, at 44.7%. Other common methods include driving as a driver (30.8%) or as a passenger (4%), while a small 2.8% use public transport.
44.7% ▲ +1509.4%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 44.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.8% ▼ -80.3%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 2.8%
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.
While the area allows access to over 97,000 people within 45 minutes by transit, the actual number of stops and routes in the suburb is zero. This lack of local infrastructure means the transit time to the city is 64 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
20,102
Higher than 74% 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).
97,595
Higher than 78% 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).
64
Higher than 64% 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.
The drive time to the city is 18 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas. For those using public transport, the walk to the nearest stop takes about 8 minutes.
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.
18
Lower than 85% 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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11242/denistone-west/topic/transport