Dardanup West · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Dardanup West

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

A 107-minute drive to the city marks the remote nature of Dardanup West, where cars are essential for daily life. Almost every home here owns a motor vehicle, and the vast majority of residents rely on them to get to work.

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📍 Dardanup West, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few homes—just 1.3%—lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 88.2% owning two or more vehicles.

1.3% ▲ —

Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 1.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Dardanup West, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 3 vehicles (28%) and 4 or more (23%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Reliance on cars is high, with 67.6% of workers driving. This is reflected in the low number of people working from home (5.0%), a figure far below the Australian average of 21.0%.

5.0% ▼ -20.5%

Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.3%
  • 2016: 5.9%
  • 2021: 5.0%

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

0.8% ▼ -30.9%

Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.1%
  • 2016: 0.8%
  • 2021: 0.8%

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 West, Car (driver) is the majority at 89%; Worked at home is next at 7%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is nonexistent in the area, with zero routes or stops available. This means local access is far below the Western Australian average.

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.

The commute is long, as the drive time to the city is 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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50387/dardanup-west/topic/transport