0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Diamond Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Diamond Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car dependence has remained the primary way of getting around Diamond Beach since 2011. Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. This reliance on cars is reflected in how people commute and the limited nature of local public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single household in Diamond Beach owns at least one motor vehicle. Most homes have two cars, while about 17% of residents have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Diamond Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive alone, accounting for 61.6% of trips. Only 13.2% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
13.2% ▲ +101.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Public transport is very limited, with only one bus route and one stop serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.99
Higher than 61% 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).
9.9
Higher than 58% 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.
Walking to the nearest public transport stop takes about 17 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
17
Higher than 56% 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 Diamond Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11253/diamond-beach/topic/transport