Daisy Hill · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Daisy Hill

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A 107-minute drive to the city defines the remote nature of Daisy Hill. This is a car-dependent area where every single household owns at least one motor vehicle, making it far less reliant on public transit than the state average.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are essential here, as 0.0% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households have at least two vehicles, with 45% owning exactly two and 14.8% owning four or more.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.9%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Daisy Hill, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Very few people work from home at 5.7%, a figure far below the national average of 21%. This reliance on travel is seen in the commute data, where 68.2% of workers drive themselves to work and 0.0% use public transport.

5.7% ▲ +8.9%

Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.3%
  • 2016: 3.5%
  • 2021: 5.7%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Daisy Hill, Car (driver) is the majority at 85%; Worked at home is next at 7%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is limited to a single bus route. While the number of stops is higher than in many similar areas, the 50.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian average of 1,267.9.

2.51

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).

50.3

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is challenging for those without a car, as the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 25 minutes. This is higher than in most similar areas.

25

Higher than 63% 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.

107

Higher than 73% 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)).
  • 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 Daisy Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20700/daisy-hill/topic/transport