Duckenfield · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Duckenfield

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

Over 60% of homes in Duckenfield have two motor vehicles, making cars essential for daily life. This is a car-dependent area where almost every household owns a vehicle and public transport is not available.

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📍 Duckenfield, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Duckenfield has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% for homes without one. About 15% of households own three or more cars.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9%
  • 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 Duckenfield, 2 vehicles is the majority at 61%; 3 vehicles is next at 15%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, and only 7.5% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Most people drive, with 62.5% of workers being the driver.

7.5% ▼ -22.4%

Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.7%
  • 2016: 13.3%
  • 2021: 7.5%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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 Duckenfield, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Car (passenger) is next at 11%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in Duckenfield. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.

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Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is a challenge without a car, as the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 58 minutes. This is much higher than most similar areas.

58

Higher than 84% of suburb / locality 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.

105

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality 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 Duckenfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11301/duckenfield/topic/transport