0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cumbalum · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cumbalum
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero homes in Cumbalum lack a motor vehicle, making it an area where car ownership is universal. Most households rely heavily on their own transport, with over half owning at least two cars. This dependence on vehicles is reflected in how people travel for work and move around the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home here owns at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2% for homes without a car. More than half of all households have two vehicles, while 24% have three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cumbalum, 2 vehicles is the majority at 55%; 1 vehicle is next at 21%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 63.4% of people as the driver. While 15% work from home, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%. Only 0.4% use public transport to commute, which is a little below the national average.
15.0% ▲ +147.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▲ —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
There are six public transport stops and two routes in the area, which is more than most similar places. However, with only 94.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service levels are far below the New South Wales average.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.71
Higher than 68% 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).
94.1
Higher than 68% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest transport stop is very quick for residents, with a typical walk of just one minute. This is much lower than most other areas.
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.
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 Cumbalum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11155/cumbalum/topic/transport