8.2% ▼ -22.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cronulla · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cronulla
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Cronulla than the national average, with 37.2% of the workforce avoiding a daily commute. This trend helps define a transport landscape where the typical resident relies heavily on private cars or home offices, despite having a high number of local transport stops.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.2% of households here do not own a motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most homes have either one or two vehicles, while 3.8% of households own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cronulla, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and No vehicle (8%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, at 37.2%. While 2.5% of people use public transport for their commute—a figure much higher than most similar areas—the most common way to get to work is still by driving.
37.2% ▲ +820.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.5% ▼ -80.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 2.5%
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.
Cronulla has 73 public transport stops and 8 routes, among the largest counts for its area size. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure, and the transit time to the city is much higher than most areas.
73
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.08
Higher than 74% 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).
800.1
Higher than 84% 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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
55,525
Higher than 67% 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).
81
Higher than 90% 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.
Getting to the city by car is much faster here than in most similar areas, with a typical drive time of 27 minutes. Residents also enjoy very quick access to transit, with a typical one-minute walk to the nearest stop.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
27
Lower than 77% 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 Cronulla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11120/cronulla/topic/transport