Middle Dural · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Middle Dural

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

Nearly 40% of workers in Middle Dural now work from home, marking it as a place where remote employment is far more common than in most other areas. This high rate of home working is paired with a strong reliance on private cars for those who do travel.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with 35.2% of homes owning four or more vehicles. Not a single home in Middle Dural is without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales and national rates.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.1%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Middle Dural splits fairly evenly between 4 or more (35%) and 2 vehicles (30%), with 3 vehicles at 23%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is a primary choice for 38.5% of residents, which is far above the national figure. For those who leave the house, driving is the main option, as only 0.6% use public transport to get to work.

38.5% ▲ +197.1%

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 13.0%
  • 2016: 15.4%
  • 2021: 38.5%

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

0.6% ▼ -45.4%

Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.1%
  • 2016: 2.4%
  • 2021: 0.6%

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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Middle Dural splits fairly evenly between Car (driver) (48%) and Worked at home (45%), with Car (passenger) at 3%.

Public transport access

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

There are 14 public transport stops and one route serving the area, with 13.46 stops per 1,000 people being far above the state average. However, this doesn't translate to accessibility, as zero people can be reached within 45 minutes via transit.

13.46

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).

984.6

Higher than 86% 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.

The drive time to the city is 34 minutes, which is lower than most areas. On foot, the walk to the nearest stop takes about 18 minutes, placing the area around the middle for its level.

18

Higher than 57% 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 Middle Dural [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12614/middle-dural/topic/transport