4.7% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Denman · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Denman
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Driving is the primary way people get around Denman, where 65.6% of workers commute by car. While the area has more transport stops than most similar places, the typical walk to the nearest one takes 44 minutes. This makes the town heavily reliant on private vehicles for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 35.8% owning two and 14.1% owning three. Only 4.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Denman splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, at just 7.1%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, with only 0.4% doing so.
7.1% ▲ +42.8%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
Denman has 10 public transport stops and one bus route, which is more than most similar areas. However, with only 52.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service levels are far below the state average.
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.
5.49
Higher than 79% 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).
52.2
Higher than 63% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Getting to public transport is difficult for residents, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 44 minutes. This is much higher than in most other areas.
44
Higher than 76% 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 Denman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11243/denman/topic/transport