Dartmoor · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Dartmoor

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

Every single household in Dartmoor (L) has at least one motor vehicle. This total reliance on cars defines the local transport landscape, as the area has far fewer people working from home compared to the rest of the state.

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📍 Dartmoor, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are essential here, with 38.9% of homes having one vehicle and 12% owning four or more. The fact that 0.0% of homes lack a vehicle is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

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

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Dartmoor, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (28%) and 3 vehicles (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 72.1% of residents, while 6.3% walk. Public transport use has fallen to 0.0% since 2011, and the 5.4% of people working from home is far below the national figure of 21.0%.

5.4% ▼ -49.9%

Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 10.8%
  • 2016: 1.5%
  • 2021: 5.4%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.4%
  • 2016: 1.5%
  • 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 Dartmoor, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Walked is next at 7%.

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 Dartmoor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222016/dartmoor/topic/transport