2.5% ▼ -47.7%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dungog · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Dungog
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 40% of homes in Dungog have two motor vehicles, making cars essential for getting around. Only 2.5% of households are without a vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and is well below the New South Wales average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 17.3% having three and 13.4% owning four or more. This high level of ownership is reflected in the very small number of homes without a vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Dungog, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has risen to 20.4% since 2011, while only 0.1% of people use public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure.
20.4% ▲ +101.2%
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.1% ▼ -85.3%
Lower than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.1%
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.
Train and bus services are available, but weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales average. There are 29 stops and 16 routes across the area.
29
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.04
Lower than 53% 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).
55.4
Lower than 53% 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).
16
Higher than 65% 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.
Travel to the city takes a long time, with a typical drive time of 154 minutes, which is among the highest for areas of this level.
154
Higher than 91% of council (lga) 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)).
- 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 Dungog [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12700/dungog/topic/transport