Dalkey · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Dalkey

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

Zero public transport stops are found in Dalkey, making it a place where residents rely almost entirely on private vehicles. This lack of transit access is far below the South Australian average, with a typical commute to the city taking about 62 minutes.

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📍 Dalkey, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 125%, ahead of 4 or more (75%).

Motor vehicles per home

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In Dalkey, 2 vehicles is the majority at 63%; 4 or more is next at 38%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

The most common how people get to work is Car (driver) at 27%, ahead of Worked at home (27%).

How people get to work

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Dalkey splits fairly evenly between Car (driver) (50%) and Worked at home (50%).

Public transport access

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

Public transport is non-existent here, with no routes or stops serving the area. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian figure of 1,317.

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the nearest stop would take a typical resident about 61 minutes on foot, which is much higher than most areas. The drive to the city takes around 62 minutes, which is about average for similar places.

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Higher than 86% 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.

62

Lower than 55% 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

  • 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 Dalkey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40347/dalkey/topic/transport