5.9% ▼ -26.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dundas · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Dundas
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 37% of people in Dundas work from home, which is far above the national figure. This high rate of remote work sits alongside a strong public transport network, making the suburb well-connected for those who do travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 5.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas. Most households keep one or two cars, with nearly 40% owning two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Dundas splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 37.6% of the workforce stays home, 36.9% drive as the main way to get to work. Only 2% of people use public transport for their commute, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
37.6% ▲ +1345.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▼ -81.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
Dundas is among the best-connected areas for public transport, with 24 stops and 9 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the New South Wales figure, though the transit time to the city is much higher than in most areas.
24
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.
4.84
Higher than 77% 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).
2,078.4
Higher than 92% 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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
24,641
Higher than 78% 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).
135,445
Higher than 86% 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).
73
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is convenient, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 2 minutes. The drive time to the city is also much lower than in most similar areas, taking about 20 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
20
Lower than 83% 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 Dundas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11315/dundas/topic/transport