0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Duffys Forest · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Duffys Forest
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost half of the workforce in Duffys Forest works from home, a figure far above the national average. This reliance on remote work is mirrored by a heavy dependence on cars, as every single home in the area owns at least one motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, with 0.0% of homes lacking a vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure. Most households are well-equipped, with 40.7% owning two cars and another 30.7% having four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Duffys Forest, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 4 or more (31%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the primary way people earn a living for 46.1% of the workforce, far above the Australian figure of 21.0%. The rest rely almost entirely on cars, as 0.0% of people use public transport to get to work.
46.1% ▲ +247.0%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
While there are 18 public transport stops—more than about 87% of similar areas—no one can reach another person within 45 minutes using these services. All available public transport is provided by buses.
18
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
35.36
Higher 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).
1,929.3
Higher than 91% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Residents can reach the nearest transport stop in just one minute, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 28 minutes, also much lower than in most similar places.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
28
Lower than 76% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Duffys Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11304/duffys-forest/topic/transport