5.5% ▼ -41.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dubbo · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Dubbo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Reliance on cars has remained the dominant way to get around Dubbo, though the city offers a high number of transit stops. Most residents depend on private vehicles, with 70.4% of workers driving to their jobs. While public transport infrastructure is extensive, very few people actually use it for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households in Dubbo own at least one car, and 38.9% have two. Only 5.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Dubbo splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way people get to work, while only 0.3% use public transport. This is a little below the national figure of 3.1%. Additionally, only 7.8% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian average of 21.0%.
7.8% ▲ +222.6%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -37.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Dubbo has 335 public transport stops and 30 routes, meaning there are 7.7 stops per 1,000 people. This is much higher than most areas and well above the New South Wales figure, though the 612.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
335
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.70
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
612.4
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality 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 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Dubbo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11299/dubbo/topic/transport