Durren Durren · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Durren Durren

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

Zero homes without a car is the standout feature of Durren Durren, where vehicle ownership is essential. Almost every household has at least two cars, reflecting a strong reliance on driving to get around. This car-dependent culture is seen in how people travel for work and the lack of public transport use.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with 40.7% of homes having four or more vehicles and another 40.7% having two. This is far above the national figure, as not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Durren Durren splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 4 or more (38%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 72.1% of people as drivers. Very few people work from home at 9.3%, which is far below both the state and national figures.

9.3%

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 6.4%
  • 2021: 9.3%

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

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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 Durren Durren, Car (driver) is the majority at 89%; Worked at home is next at 11%.

Public transport access

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

While there are 5 stops and 52 stops per 1,000 people—far above the New South Wales average—no one actually uses public transport to commute. All available transit is by bus, but the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.

52.08

Higher than 99% 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).

364.6

Higher than 76% 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).

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes about 9 minutes to walk to the nearest single transport stop. The drive time to the city is 79 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.

9

Lower than 56% 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.

79

Higher than 56% 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 Durren Durren [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11339/durren-durren/topic/transport