4.3% ▼ -27.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Drysdale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Drysdale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 60% of working residents in Drysdale drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While public transport infrastructure is relatively extensive for its size, very few people actually use these services for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high here, with 37.2% of homes having one vehicle and 36.5% having two. Only 4.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Drysdale splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is mostly done by car, while only 0.7% of people use public transport. Working from home is common for 17% of the workforce, though this is well below the 21% national average.
17.0% ▲ +323.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -21.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Drysdale has 31 public transport stops and 8 routes, which is among the largest for its level. While there are 6.23 stops per 1,000 people, the 760 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victoria figure.
31
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.
6.23
Higher than 82% 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).
760.0
Higher than 83% 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).
8
Higher than 86% 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.
All public transport in the area is provided by buses. However, getting to a stop can be difficult, as the 34-minute walk to the nearest stop is higher than in most areas.
34
Higher than 70% 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.
69
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 Drysdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20802/drysdale/topic/transport