Diddillibah · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Diddillibah

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

Most residents in Diddillibah rely on cars to get around, with 61.3% of workers driving themselves to work. While the area has more public transport stops than many similar places, the actual service levels remain far below the Queensland average.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Nearly two-thirds of homes have at least two motor vehicles, and only 4.6% of households have no car. This lack of vehicles is a little below the figures for both Queensland and Australia.

4.6% ▼ -24.2%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.1%
  • 2016: 3.7%
  • 2021: 4.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Diddillibah splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (33%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common for 15% of the workforce, which is about the same as the state average. Very few people use public transport to commute, with only 1.1% doing so.

15.0% ▲ +45.5%

Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.3%
  • 2016: 7.7%
  • 2021: 15.0%

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

1.1% ▲ +33.7%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.8%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 1.1%

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 Diddillibah, Car (driver) is the majority at 74%; Worked at home is next at 18%.

Public transport access

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

Diddillibah has two bus stops and one route, which is more than about 72% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.

1.17

Higher than 62% 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).

123.9

Higher than 71% 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.

It takes a typical resident 31 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is around 70 minutes.

31

Higher than 67% 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 Diddillibah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30843/diddillibah/topic/transport