5.2% ▼ -37.6%
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dubbo · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Dubbo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for daily life in Dubbo, where only 5.2% of homes have no motor vehicle. This level of car ownership is much higher than the state average, making the area heavily reliant on driving for most trips.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, with 38.4% having two and 14.3% having three. The share of homes without a vehicle has fallen since 2011, dropping from 8.3% to 5.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Dubbo, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way people get to work, with 67.8% as the driver and 5.8% as a passenger. Only 0.4% use public transport, and the 9.4% who work from home is far below the national figure.
9.4% ▲ +48.3%
Lower than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -44.5%
Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
While Dubbo has 423 public transport stops—more than 84% of similar areas—the service is infrequent. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure, and almost all services are buses.
423
Higher than 83% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.13
Higher than 61% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
349.4
Lower than 77% of state electorate 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).
47
Higher than 84% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Dubbo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10026/dubbo/topic/transport