2.6% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dudley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Dudley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost half of all households in Dudley have two motor vehicles, reflecting a strong reliance on cars for daily travel. While the area has more public transport stops than most similar places, very few people use them to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and only 2.6% of households have no motor vehicle. This is well below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Dudley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 28.4% of residents doing so, which is well above the national figure. Only 0.2% of people commute by public transport, a little below the state and national averages.
28.4% ▲ +460.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -83.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
Dudley has 13 public transport stops and one route, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
13
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.19
Higher than 78% 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).
536.5
Higher than 79% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical walk to the nearest stop takes 5 minutes, which is lower than most areas. However, it takes 102 minutes to drive to the city, which is higher than most areas.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
102
Higher than 70% 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 Dudley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11303/dudley/topic/transport