9.0% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 78% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cunningham · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Cunningham
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A gap of 8.1 percentage points separates the rate of working from home in Cunningham from the national figure. This area is heavily reliant on private cars, though it has a surprisingly high number of public transport stops for its size. The typical resident spends 56 minutes driving to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. For those who do own cars, the most common situation is having one or two vehicles, with 37.2% and 36% of homes respectively.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Cunningham splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, rising 25 points since 2016 to 29.1%. Meanwhile, public transport use for commuting has fallen to 1.6%, which is lower than most areas and slightly below the state figure.
29.1% —
Higher than 78% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% —
Lower than 65% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
Cunningham has 6.15 public transport stops per 1,000 people, a figure that is a little above the New South Wales average. While there are 994 stops in total, the network is almost entirely made up of bus services.
994
Higher than 82% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.15
Higher than 87% of federal 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).
1,255.9
Higher than 56% of federal 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).
41
Lower than 71% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 56 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
56
Higher than 75% of federal electorate 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 Cunningham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED111/cunningham/topic/transport