1.8% ▼ -15.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Diamond Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Diamond Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has become a much more common way of life in Diamond Creek, with 27.1% of residents now doing so. This shift occurs in an area where car ownership is very high and the typical commute to the city takes 28 minutes. Most households rely heavily on private vehicles to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here get by without a car, with only 1.8% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%, and nearly half of all households own two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Diamond Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over a quarter of people work from home, which is well above the national figure of 21.0%. While 51.6% of workers drive, those using public transport make up 1.6% of the workforce, a figure that is a little below the state and national levels.
27.1% ▲ +661.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -66.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 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.
Diamond Creek has 45 public transport stops and 9 routes, which are among the largest counts for its area type. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most similar areas, though still well below the Victorian average.
45
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.60
Higher than 72% 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).
995.0
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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
14,417
Higher than 66% 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).
45,695
Higher than 63% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just one minute. The drive time to the city is 28 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower 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.
28
Lower than 76% 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 Diamond Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20752/diamond-creek/topic/transport