1.5% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dalyston · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Dalyston
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A tiny 1.5% of homes in Dalyston have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. This makes the area much more reliant on cars than most Australian suburbs. Most residents depend on their own transport to get around and reach the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 39.9% of homes owning two vehicles and 16.8% having three. Only 1.5% of households get by without a motor vehicle, a rate well below the Victorian average of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Dalyston, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary choice for 70.3% of workers, while only 6.6% work from home. This working-from-home rate is far below the national figure of 21%.
6.6% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▲ +28.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Dalyston has 4.74 stops per 1,000 people—which is much higher than most similar areas—the actual service is limited. Weekly departures are far below the Victorian average, with all available public transport being bus services.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.74
Higher than 76% 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).
135.2
Higher than 72% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 85 minutes to drive to the city, which is longer than in most areas. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 7 minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
85
Higher than 60% 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 Dalyston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20706/dalyston/topic/transport