0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dum Dum · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Dum Dum
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport stops per person are found in Dum Dum than in most similar areas. While 480 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure, car travel remains the primary way people get around the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Dum Dum has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales and national figures. Most households have two or three vehicles, with about 10% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Dum Dum, 2 vehicles is the majority at 53%; 3 vehicles is next at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over a quarter of the workforce—26.5%—work from home, a figure well above the national average. For those who leave the house, 55.1% drive to work, while no one uses public transport to commute.
26.5% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 32 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales average. These four stops serve two bus routes, though the number of weekly departures is much lower than the state figure.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
32.00
Higher than 98% 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).
480.0
Higher than 78% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 public transport stop takes about 12 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
12
Lower than 51% 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.
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 Dum Dum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11307/dum-dum/topic/transport