6.1% —
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dee Why (South) - North Curl Curl · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Dee Why (South) - North Curl Curl
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge shift toward remote work defines transport in Dee Why (South) - North Curl Curl, where 41.2% of people now work from home. This is far above the national figure of 21%. While the area has good road links to the city, it relies entirely on buses for public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, though 6.1% of households have no motor vehicle. This is higher than most similar areas, but still well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Dee Why (South) - North Curl Curl splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is a dominant trend here, with 41.2% of the workforce doing so, which is far above the state and national averages. Only 3.2% of residents commute using public transport, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
41.2% —
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.2% —
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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.
Public transport is provided exclusively by buses, with 9 different routes operating in the area. While there are 35 stops, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
35
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.84
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
696.5
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
9
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
63,307
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
128,503
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
71
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
It takes 19 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most areas. Residents also have some of the shortest walks to the nearest transit stop among similar places.
0
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
19
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Dee Why (South) - North Curl Curl [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/122031694/dee-why-north-curl-curl/topic/transport