Dalyellup · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Dalyellup

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

Almost every household in Dalyellup relies on a car to get around. The area is heavily dependent on private vehicles for daily travel, which is consistent with the long 110-minute drive to the nearest city.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high, with 44.1% of homes owning two vehicles and 7% owning four or more. Only 2.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.

2.9% ▲ +47.8%

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.9%
  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 2.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Dalyellup, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 69.9% of people commuting as a driver. Working from home is very rare here at just 4.0%, which is far below the Australian average of 21%.

4.0% ▲ +96.5%

Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.0%
  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 2021: 4.0%

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

1.7% ▼ -41.6%

Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9%
  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 2021: 1.7%

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 Dalyellup, Car (driver) is the majority at 85%; Car (passenger) is next at 7%.

Public transport access

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

The area has 40 public transport stops, which is among the largest number for similar areas. However, the 451.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian figure.

4.09

Higher than 74% 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).

451.1

Higher than 77% 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.

While the drive to the city is much longer than in most areas, the walk to the nearest stop is very short, taking only 2 minutes.

2

Lower 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.

110

Higher than 75% 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 Dalyellup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50376/dalyellup/topic/transport