Diamond Beach · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Diamond Beach

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

Driving is the primary way to get around Diamond Beach, with 61.6% of workers using a car to get to their jobs. The area is heavily reliant on private transport, and almost every single household owns at least one motor vehicle.

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📍 Diamond Beach, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home in Diamond Beach has a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4% without one. Most households have two cars (43.7%), while 17.3% own three.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.3%
  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Diamond Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home has grown to 13.2% since 2011, though this remains far below the New South Wales figure. Public transport use is very low at 0.7%, which is a little below the national average.

13.2% ▲ +101.5%

Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 6.5%
  • 2016: 2.9%
  • 2021: 13.2%

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

0.7% ▼ -8.4%

Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.8%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.7%

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 Diamond Beach, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Worked at home is next at 16%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Diamond Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121031/diamond-beach/topic/transport