Dunkeld · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Dunkeld

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

A huge shift in how people work defines Dunkeld, where nearly 39% of the workforce now operates from home. This is far above the national figure and makes the area stand out compared to most similar places. With no public transport available, the community relies on private vehicles and home-based employment.

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📍 Dunkeld, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The most common motor vehicles per home is 3 vehicles at 22%, ahead of 4 or more (22%).

Motor vehicles per home

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Dunkeld splits fairly evenly between 3 vehicles (36%) and 4 or more (36%), with 2 vehicles at 27%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common here at 38.7%, which is far above the Queensland rate of 14.1%. While 16.1% drive to work and 9.7% walk, no one uses public transport to commute.

38.7% ▼ -22.6%

Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 50.0%
  • 2016: 50.0%
  • 2021: 38.7%

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.

How people get to work

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In Dunkeld, Worked at home is the majority at 60%; Car (driver) is next at 25%.

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 puts Dunkeld far below the Queensland average for service access, with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people.

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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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Dunkeld [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30900/dunkeld/topic/transport