Dunmore · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Dunmore

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

Almost every household in Dunmore owns a car, leaving a huge gap compared to the state and national figures. This heavy reliance on cars is balanced by a surprising number of people working from home, at 27.2%, which is well above the Australian average.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

No homes in Dunmore are without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales and Australian averages. Most households are well-equipped, with 53.2% owning two vehicles and 19.3% owning three.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.4%
  • 2016: 4.5%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Dunmore, 2 vehicles is the majority at 53%; 3 vehicles is next at 19%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here, with 27.2% of the workforce doing so, which is well above the national figure. While 51% of people drive to work, only 2% use public transport, a rate that is about the same as the state average.

27.2% ▲ +135.9%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.5%
  • 2016: 9.4%
  • 2021: 27.2%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

2.0% ▲ —

Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Dunmore, Car (driver) is the majority at 62%; Worked at home is next at 33%.

Public transport access

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

Dunmore has a high level of access to public transport, with 12.58 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales figure. Trains are the dominant service, making up 88.7% of the local network.

12.58

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).

1,531.4

Higher than 89% 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.

A 30-minute walk to the nearest stop is higher than in most areas. It takes typically 81 minutes to drive from here to the city.

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.

81

Higher than 57% 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)).
  • 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 Dunmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11326/dunmore/topic/transport