5.5% —
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dubbo Regional · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Dubbo Regional
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 0.4% of workers use public transport to get to their jobs in Dubbo Regional, making it a place where private cars are essential. Most households rely on their own vehicles to get around, with very few people working from home compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 38.4% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 5.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Dubbo Regional splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The vast majority of people drive to work, with 69% being the driver. Only 8.8% work from home, a figure that is far below the national average of 21%.
8.8% —
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% —
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
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.
There are 364 public transport stops and 30 routes, giving the area more stops per person than most similar places. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
364
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.63
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
496.0
Higher than 72% of council (lga) 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).
30
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
While there are many stops available, it takes a typical resident 31 minutes to walk to the nearest one, which is higher than in most areas.
31
Higher than 63% of council (lga) 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.
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 Dubbo Regional [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12390/dubbo-regional/topic/transport