Cronulla - Kurnell - Bundeena · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Cronulla - Kurnell - Bundeena

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

A far higher proportion of people work from home in Cronulla - Kurnell - Bundeena than the national figure, with 36.3% of workers avoiding a daily commute. This trend has shifted rapidly, as working from home rose by 32 points since 2016. While the area has many transport stops, the typical walk to the nearest one takes 16 minutes, which is much longer than in most areas.

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📍 Cronulla - Kurnell - Bundeena, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households here have one or two cars, with 41.3% owning one and 36.5% owning two. About 7% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national average.

7.0%

Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 7.8%
  • 2021: 7.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Cronulla - Kurnell - Bundeena splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common here, at 36.3%, which is far above the Australian figure of 21%. Conversely, the number of people using public transport to get to work fell 10 points since 2016 to just 2.1%.

36.3%

Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 4.7%
  • 2021: 36.3%

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

2.1%

Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 12.3%
  • 2021: 2.1%

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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Cronulla - Kurnell - Bundeena splits fairly evenly between Car (driver) (48%) and Worked at home (44%), with Walked at 3%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

The area has 133 public transport stops, among the largest number for its level, with 9 different routes serving the community. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the New South Wales figure.

133

Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

5.46

Higher than 66% 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).

845.0

Higher than 51% 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).

24,374

Higher than 71% 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).

24,374

Lower than 67% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting into the city takes typically 35 minutes, which is longer than for most areas. Residents also face a longer walk to their nearest transport stop than people in most other similar places.

16

Higher than 76% 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.

35

Higher 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Cronulla - Kurnell - Bundeena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/128011604/cronulla-kurnell-bundeena/topic/transport