Dundee · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Dundee

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every home in Dundee owns a car, making personal vehicles essential for daily life. While public transport options exist, a huge 36.8% of workers avoid the commute entirely by working from home, which is far above the national figure of 21%.-

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is universal here, with 0.0% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the 9.2% of New South Wales homes without a car, and nearly 28% of households own four or more vehicles.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Dundee, the largest group is 4 or more at 30%, followed by 2 vehicles (25%) and 1 vehicle (23%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common, with 36.8% of residents doing so, well above the New South Wales figure of 31%. No one uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the Australian average of 3.1%.

36.8% ▲ +23.5%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 29.8%
  • 2016: 24.7%
  • 2021: 36.8%

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.

How people get to work

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In Dundee, Car (driver) is the majority at 51%; Worked at home is next at 41%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Dundee has 13.16 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state figure of 5.27. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales average.

13.16

Higher than 89% 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).

92.1

Higher than 68% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to public transport is difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 62 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

62

Higher 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.

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 Dundee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11317/dundee/topic/transport