Dales Creek · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Dales Creek

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

Almost no one uses public transport to get to work in Dales Creek, where car reliance is the dominant trend. Most homes here have multiple vehicles, and far fewer households lack a car compared to the Victorian and national figures.

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📍 Dales Creek, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have at least two cars, with 43.9% owning two and 19.4% owning four or more. Only 4.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.

4.3% ▲ +72.7%

Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 2.1%
  • 2021: 4.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Dales Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 4 or more (19%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 73% of residents, while 10.4% work from home. Public transport use is non-existent at 0.0%, a figure that is well below the Australian average and has barely changed since 2011.

10.4% ▲ +100.7%

Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.2%
  • 2016: 9.1%
  • 2021: 10.4%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

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

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 Dales Creek, Car (driver) is the majority at 86%; Worked at home is next at 12%.

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 Dales Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222014/dales-creek/topic/transport