Dardanup · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Dardanup

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

A strong reliance on private cars defines Dardanup, where only 1.8% of homes lack a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure, reflecting a community where most households own two or more cars to get around.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high, with 45.7% of homes having two vehicles and another 23.3% owning three or more. Only 1.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Western Australian rate of 5.0%.

1.8% ▼ -13.9%

Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.1%
  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 2021: 1.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Dardanup, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, with 70.9% as the driver. Working from home is uncommon here at 5.0%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.

5.0% ▲ +7.6%

Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.6%
  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 2021: 5.0%

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

2.5% ▼ -3.2%

Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6%
  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 2021: 2.5%

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 Dardanup, Car (driver) is the majority at 84%; Worked at home is next at 6%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is almost non-existent in Dardanup, with zero stops and no active routes. This is far below the Western Australian average of 5.48 stops per 1,000 people.

0.00

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).

0.0

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 into the city is a significant journey, with a typical drive time of 107 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.

107

Higher than 73% 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 Dardanup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50386/dardanup/topic/transport