Dalrymple Heights · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Dalrymple Heights

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

More than one in five residents in Dalrymple Heights use public transport for their commute, a figure far above the national average. While many people still drive to work, there is also a strong trend of working from home. This mix of travel habits defines the daily routine for people in the area.

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📍 Dalrymple Heights, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The most common motor vehicles per home is 1 vehicle at 50%, ahead of 2 vehicles (28%).

Motor vehicles per home

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In Dalrymple Heights, 1 vehicle is the majority at 53%; 2 vehicles is next at 29%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport use for work is very high at 21.7%, which is far above the Queensland figure of 3.0%. This sits alongside a high number of people working from home, at 21.7%, which is well above the state average.

21.7%

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 21.7%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

21.7%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 13.0%
  • 2021: 21.7%

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.

How people get to work

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In Dalrymple Heights, Car (driver) is the majority at 55%; Bus is next at 23%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Despite high usage, there are no public transport stops or routes within the area. This leaves the local level of access far below the Queensland average for both stops and weekly departures.

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Lower than 99% 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).

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Lower than 99% 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Dalrymple Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30798/dalrymple-heights/topic/transport