Dunwich · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Dunwich

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

Working from home has doubled since 2011 in Dunwich, reflecting a shift in how people manage their daily travel. While most residents still rely on cars, 13.0% now work from home, and a growing number of households are opting for no motor vehicle at all.

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📍 Dunwich, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Ten per cent of homes in Dunwich have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is a single vehicle, used by 41.0% of households.

10.0% ▲ +12.1%

Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 8.9%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 10.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Dunwich, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (12%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Nearly half of the workforce (46.2%) drive to work, though 13.0% work from home, a figure that rose 6.4 points since 2011. Use of public transport is very low at 1.3%, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%.

13.0% ▲ +98.4%

Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 6.5%
  • 2016: 2.7%
  • 2021: 13.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.3% ▲ +9.7%

Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.2%
  • 2016: 1.6%
  • 2021: 1.3%

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 Dunwich, Car (driver) is the majority at 63%; Worked at home is next at 18%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Dunwich [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321037/dunwich/topic/transport