3.4% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Duffy · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Duffy
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people can access public transport in Duffy than in about half of similar areas. This is a well-connected suburb where most households own at least one car, but the typical trip to the city takes only 12 minutes by road.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have more than one car, with 43.6% owning two. Only 3.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the territory figure of 5.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Duffy, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 61.6% of residents. While 13% work from home, this is well below the national figure of 21%.
13.0% ▲ +309.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% ▼ -25.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.0%
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 excellent transit options, with 31 stops and 4 routes, making it one of the largest at this level. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the territory figure.
31
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.13
Higher than 87% 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).
2,072.5
Higher than 92% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
6,211
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
27,174
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
52
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is fast, with a drive time of only 12 minutes. It is also very easy to access transit, as the walk to the nearest stop takes just 2 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
12
Lower than 92% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Duffy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80048/duffy/topic/transport