2.2% ▼ -53.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dunbogan · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Dunbogan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Dunbogan relies on a car to get around, with only 2.2% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This high level of car ownership is far above the New South Wales and Australian figures, making private transport the primary way people move through the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, while 16.1% of households own three or more. This explains why the number of homes without a vehicle is well below the state and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Dunbogan splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (43%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 61.6% of people being the driver. No one uses public transport to commute, and 18.6% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure.
18.6% ▲ +262.4%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 18.6%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
While there are two bus stops and one route—more than many similar areas—service is very limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.96
Higher than 65% 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).
49.0
Higher than 63% 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.
Getting to public transport is difficult for those on foot, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 30 minutes, which is higher than in most areas.
30
Higher than 67% 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 Dunbogan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11313/dunbogan/topic/transport