2.4% ▼ -63.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dalwallinu · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Dalwallinu
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all homes in Dalwallinu have two motor vehicles, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars for daily life. While most residents drive, the town has very little use of public transport or working from home compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households get by without a car; only 2.4% have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most homes own at least two vehicles, with 13.1% owning three and 9.2% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Dalwallinu, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 71.8% of residents, while 9.1% walk. No one commutes by public transport and only 4.7% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
4.7% ▲ +23.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 4.7%
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: 0.7%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is limited to a single bus route with one stop. While the number of stops per 1,000 people is higher than most similar areas, the weekly number of departures is far below the Western Australian average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.21
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).
4.8
Higher than 58% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to public transport on foot is difficult here, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 60 minutes, which is much higher than in most other areas.
60
Higher than 85% 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.
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 Dalwallinu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50375/dalwallinu/topic/transport