4.3% ▲ —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dales Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Dales Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Dales Creek relies on a car to get around, as there are no public transport options available. Most households own multiple vehicles, with the typical home having two or more, which is a common pattern for this area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 63% of homes have three or more vehicles, while only 4.3% of households have no motor vehicle at all. This lack of car-free homes is much lower than the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Dales Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 4 or more (19%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
A huge 73% of workers drive themselves to work, and no one uses public transport. Only 10.4% of people work from home, which is far below the Victorian average of 25.7%.
10.4% ▲ +352.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area, meaning there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people. This is far below the Victorian figure.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 54 minutes to drive to the city, which is around the middle for similar areas.
54
Lower than 59% 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 Dales Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20701/dales-creek/topic/transport