4.7% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Delacombe · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Delacombe
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over two thirds of workers in Delacombe drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While the area has a high number of transport stops, very few people actually use public transit or work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 38.4% owning two vehicles. Only 4.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Delacombe splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than in the rest of Australia, at just 10.2%. Similarly, only 0.8% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the national figure.
10.2% ▲ +273.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -34.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Delacombe has 30 public transport stops and two routes, which is among the largest for its area type. Despite having more stops per 1,000 people than the state average, weekly departures are well below the Victorian figure.
30
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.55
Higher than 80% 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).
955.1
Higher than 86% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 a typical resident about 5 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 77 minutes, putting it around the middle for its level.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
77
Higher than 55% 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 Delacombe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20730/delacombe/topic/transport