0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dumbalk · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Dumbalk
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Dumbalk now owns a car, reflecting a total reliance on private vehicles for travel. The area is far removed from urban hubs, with the typical trip to the city taking 107 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
No homes in the area are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia. More than half of all households own at least two cars, with 45.8% owning exactly two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Dumbalk, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 55.3% of residents, while 21.6% work from home. No one uses public transport to commute, a figure well below the national average.
21.6% ▲ +41.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This leaves the local service level far below the Victorian average of 4.4 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Residents face a long trip to the city, with a typical drive time of 107 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.
107
Higher than 73% 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 Dumbalk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20804/dumbalk/topic/transport