0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Duns Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Duns Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership has remained central to life in Duns Creek, where not a single home lacks a motor vehicle. While the area has a few more public transport stops than most similar places, the lack of frequent services means almost everyone relies on their own car to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 42.2% owning two and 23.8% owning four or more. This is reflected in the fact that 0% of households are without a vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Duns Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 4 or more (23%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 64.6% of residents. Very few people work from home at 14.4%, a figure that is far below the New South Wales rate of 31.0%, and no one uses public transport to commute.
14.4% ▲ +147.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 14.4%
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.
The area has four public transport stops and one route, which is more than many similar areas. However, the 68.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
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.
6.87
Higher than 85% 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).
68.7
Higher than 65% 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 around on foot is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes about 40 minutes, which is higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is also much higher than most areas at 127 minutes.
40
Higher than 74% 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.
127
Higher than 85% 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 Duns Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11329/duns-creek/topic/transport