9.9% ▼ -34.4%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dunstan · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Dunstan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 2,100 weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people make Dunstan an area with very high transit frequency. While most people still drive, the suburb has a higher rate of public transport use for commuting than the state and national figures. This accessibility is supported by 40 different routes serving the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10% of homes in Dunstan have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. This figure has fallen by 5.2 percentage points since 2011, and the typical home now has one or two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Dunstan, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and No vehicle (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used by 6.5% of workers, a figure well above the national average of 3.1%. Meanwhile, the number of people working from home rose 11 percentage points since 2011 to reach 13%, which is well above the South Australian figure.
13.0% ▲ +532.8%
Higher than 50% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.5% ▼ -36.5%
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 6.5%
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.
Dunstan's transport network is entirely bus-based, with 171 stops providing access. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far above the South Australian figure, though the number of stops per person is a little below the state average.
171
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.45
Lower than 53% 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).
2,116.2
Higher than 87% 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).
40
Higher than 76% 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 Dunstan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40010/dunstan/topic/transport