2.5% ▼ -47.6%
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dungog · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Dungog
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 2.5% of Dungog homes lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2%. This heavy reliance on cars is clear in a town where almost everyone drives or works from home, and very few people use public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 40.7% owning two vehicles and 13.4% owning four or more. The number of homes without a vehicle has fallen 2.3 percentage points since 2011.
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 become more common, rising 10 percentage points since 2011 to reach 20.4%. This is a stark contrast to the 0.1% of workers who use public transport, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas.
20.4% ▲ +101.2%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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% ▼ -84.6%
Lower than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
Public transport is limited here, with only 3.04 stops per 1,000 people and weekly departures far below the state figure. While there are 16 different routes, most are trains.
29
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.04
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 times are very long for those heading to the city, with a typical drive taking 152 minutes, which is among the highest for similar areas.
152
Higher than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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/sa2/106011110/dungog/topic/transport