Dunach · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Dunach

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

Far fewer people live without a car in Dunach than in the rest of Victoria, with every single home owning at least one vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is clear, as no one in the area uses public transport to get to work.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home here has a motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures. Most households are well-equipped, with 41.2% owning two cars and 26.5% owning three.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Dunach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (26%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one uses public transport to commute, and the 11.4% who work from home is far below the Victorian figure. The vast majority of workers drive themselves to their jobs.

11.4%

Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 11.4%

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 Dunach, Car (driver) is the majority at 85%; Worked at home is next at 15%.

Public transport access

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

While there are more stops per 1,000 people than the state average, there is only one bus route serving the area. Weekly departures are much higher than most similar areas, but remain far below the Victorian average.

12.05

Higher than 88% 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).

241.0

Higher than 74% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city takes a long time, with a typical drive of 117 minutes. Walking to the nearest transport stop is also much slower than in most areas, taking about 59 minutes.

59

Higher than 85% 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.

117

Higher than 79% 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 Dunach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20807/dunach/topic/transport