1.8% ▼ -26.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dalkeith · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Dalkeith
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1.8% of households in Dalkeith have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This makes it a highly car-dependent area where most homes own multiple vehicles. While it is very close to the city, the local transport landscape is dominated by private cars and a strong bus network.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least two cars, with 46.8% owning exactly two and another 34.1% owning three or more. This high level of ownership is reflected in the fact that far fewer homes are without a car compared to the rest of Western Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Dalkeith, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 1 vehicle (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the most common way to get to work for 59.3% of residents. About 16.6% work from home, which is well above the Western Australian figure, while 4.1% use public transport to commute.
16.6% ▲ +87.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.1% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.1%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area is well served by buses, with 36 stops and 3 routes, which is among the largest number of stops for an area of this size. This high density of stops means 18,936 people can reach a destination within 30 minutes by transit.
36
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.19
Higher than 86% 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).
1,055.5
Higher than 87% 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).
18,936
Higher than 73% 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).
45,711
Higher than 63% 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).
51
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city is very quick, with a typical drive time of just 11 minutes. Pedestrians also have easy access to transport, with a short 4-minute walk to the nearest stop.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
11
Lower than 94% 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 Dalkeith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50374/dalkeith/topic/transport