6.2% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Dudley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in South Dudley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Reliance on cars remains the dominant way to get around South Dudley, where 0% of the working population uses public transport to commute. While the area has a few more transport stops than most similar places, the lack of frequent services means almost everyone depends on a private vehicle to travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 6.2% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, even though it is a little below the Victorian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In South Dudley, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (39%) and No vehicle (6%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 58.7% of people as drivers and 8.9% as passengers. Only 12.3% of people work from home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
12.3% ▲ +340.0%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
The area has 4.75 stops per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, the 142.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9, and all available services are buses.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.75
Higher than 76% 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).
142.5
Higher than 72% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
It takes 99 minutes to drive to the city, which is higher than most areas. The walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 11 minutes, putting the area around the middle for its level.
11
Lower than 53% 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.
99
Higher than 68% 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 South Dudley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22307/south-dudley/topic/transport