5.7% ▼ -23.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cromer · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cromer
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher share of people work from home in Cromer than across Australia, with 37.5% of the workforce avoiding a daily commute. This strong trend toward home-based work defines the area's transport profile. While most residents rely on cars, the suburb has an impressive amount of public transport infrastructure for its size.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 42.6% owning two vehicles. Only 5.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas but still well below the New South Wales figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cromer, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, at 37.5%, which is far above the national figure. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 1.6%, which is a little below both the state and national averages.
37.5% ▲ +680.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -79.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 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.
Cromer has an exceptional amount of bus infrastructure, with 42 stops and 4 routes—among the highest for its area type. This provides a high number of weekly departures, though it still takes a very long time, about 84 minutes, to reach the city by transit.
42
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.23
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,861.1
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
22,593
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality 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).
40,409
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality 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).
84
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality 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.
The suburb is very accessible, with a typical four-minute walk to the nearest stop. It also has a much lower drive time to the city than most areas, taking only 24 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality 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.
24
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality 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 Cromer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11119/cromer/topic/transport