2.8% ▲ +81.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dakabin · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Dakabin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A very low 2.8% of households in Dakabin have no motor vehicle, meaning cars are essential for almost everyone here. This reliance on driving is clear, with most homes owning one or two vehicles and the vast majority of workers commuting by car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least one car, with 42.4% owning one vehicle and 38.8% owning two. The number of homes without a car is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Dakabin splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (43%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 62.8% of people being the driver. Around 12.3% work from home, which is well below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
12.3% ▲ +335.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.6% ▼ -46.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 4.6%
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.
Dakabin has more public transport routes and stops than about 80% of similar areas. However, the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.95
Higher than 61% 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).
116.6
Higher than 70% 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).
5,275
Higher than 51% 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).
5,275
Lower than 65% 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.
It takes about 31 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most areas. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes around 7 minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
31
Lower than 73% 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 Dakabin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30789/dakabin/topic/transport