0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dean · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Dean
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A total reliance on cars defines daily life in Dean, where every single household owns at least one motor vehicle. This is a place where private transport is essential, as there are no public transport stops or routes available for residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 76.2% of homes owning two or more vehicles. No home in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Dean splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (31%), with 4 or more at 25%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive themselves to work, making up 66.2% of the commute. About 16.9% of people work from home, which is well below the national figure of 21.0%.
16.9% ▲ +39.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 16.9%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is completely absent in Dean, with zero stops and zero routes. This leaves the area far below the Victorian average for transport access.
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.
Getting around is a challenge without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 89 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for this level of area.
89
Higher than 99% 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.
70
Higher than 50% 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 Dean [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20722/dean/topic/transport