3.0% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dural · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Dural
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home is a huge part of daily life in Dural, where 43.2% of residents avoid a commute entirely. This high rate of home-based work is a standout feature, far exceeding both the state and national figures. While public transport options are available, the area remains heavily reliant on private cars for travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home in Dural has a car, with only 3% of households owning none. This is well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2%, and many families have several vehicles, as 16.8% of homes own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Dural, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 4 or more (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
A tiny fraction of the workforce, just 0.8%, uses public transport to get to work. Instead, the most common way to travel is by car, with 36.5% of workers driving themselves.
43.2% ▲ +371.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 43.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -85.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Dural has a high number of bus stops and departures compared to the state average, with 71 stops in total. However, these services are limited in reach, as zero people can be reached within 45 minutes using transit.
71
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.99
Higher than 87% 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).
1,740.6
Higher than 90% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 34 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most areas. In contrast, getting to a transit stop is difficult, as the walk takes 48 minutes, which is much higher than in other similar areas.
48
Higher than 78% 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.
34
Lower than 71% 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 Dural [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11331/dural/topic/transport