2.3% ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Derrimut · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Derrimut
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport routes and stops than most similar areas make Derrimut stand out, though the area remains heavily reliant on cars. Very few homes lack a vehicle, with over half of households owning at least two cars.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Car ownership is high here, as 50.4% of households own two vehicles and 17.1% own three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Derrimut, 2 vehicles is the majority at 50%; 1 vehicle is next at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 20.2% of residents, which is higher than in most similar areas. Most people still drive to work, with 58.4% of the workforce commuting as the driver.
20.2% ▲ +1147.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.5% ▼ -55.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 23 public transport stops and 3 routes are more than most similar areas, these are all bus services. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is much higher than most similar areas, though far below the Victorian figure.
23
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.
2.66
Higher than 68% 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).
489.7
Higher than 78% 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).
8,653
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
8,653
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
89
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A quick 17-minute drive to the city is much lower than most similar areas. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 11 minutes.
11
Lower than 53% 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.
17
Lower than 86% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Derrimut [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20743/derrimut/topic/transport