6.3% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dianella · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Dianella
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Most people in Dianella rely on cars to get around, with 65.1% of workers driving themselves to work. The area is well-connected, with a short 10-minute drive to the city and an impressive number of public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.3% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most households own either one or two vehicles, while 11.7% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Dianella splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is among the highest for areas of this type at 5.8%. Meanwhile, only 8% of people work from home, a figure that is far below the national average of 21%.
8.0% ▲ +114.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.8% ▼ -14.2%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 5.8%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Dianella is very well served by 110 public transport stops and 22 bus routes. This high level of access means 147,647 people can be reached within 45 minutes by transit, which is more than 88% of similar areas.
110
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.55
Higher than 76% 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).
1,675.1
Higher than 90% 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).
22
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
24,912
Higher than 78% 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).
147,647
Higher than 86% 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).
43
Lower than 76% 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 around is convenient, with a typical 3-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is just 10 minutes, among the lowest for areas at this level.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
10
Lower than 95% 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 Dianella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50409/dianella/topic/transport