Diamond Valley · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Diamond Valley

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

Few areas are as dependent on cars as Diamond Valley, where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle. This reliance on driving is mirrored by a complete lack of public transport options for residents. Most people here rely on their own cars to get to work and navigate the region.

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📍 Diamond Valley, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every household in Diamond Valley owns a car, which is well below the state and national figures for homes without a vehicle. Nearly half of all homes have two cars, while 15.5% own four or more.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Diamond Valley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here commutes to work using public transport, and 62.5% of workers drive themselves. About 16.2% of the workforce works from home, which is a little above the Queensland figure.

16.2% ▲ +58.6%

Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.2%
  • 2016: 11.1%
  • 2021: 16.2%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.4%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Diamond Valley, Car (driver) is the majority at 74%; Worked at home is next at 19%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is zero, which is far below the Queensland average.

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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).

0.0

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is dominated by the car, as it takes 48 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop. The typical drive time to the city is 70 minutes.

48

Higher than 78% 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.

70

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 Diamond Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30838/diamond-valley/topic/transport