Dunalley · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Dunalley

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

More than half of all workers in Dunalley rely on driving themselves to work. This dependence on cars is reflected in the local housing, where every single home in the area owns at least one motor vehicle.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is universal here, with 0% of homes lacking a vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. About 37.5% of households own two vehicles, while 10.9% have four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7%
  • 2016: 2.9%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Dunalley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 56.3% of residents, while 5.6% walk. Those working from home make up 9.2% of the workforce, which is far below the Australian average of 21%.

9.2% ▼ -5.1%

Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.6%
  • 2016: 6.7%
  • 2021: 9.2%

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 Dunalley, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Worked at home is next at 13%.

Public transport access

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

The area has 6 public transport stops and one bus route, giving it more stops per 1,000 people than the state average. However, weekly departures are far below the Tasmania figure.

18.02

Higher than 91% 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).

126.1

Higher than 71% 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.

The drive time to the city is 72 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.

72

Higher than 52% 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 Dunalley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60170/dunalley/topic/transport