2.4% ▼ -57.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Curl Curl · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Curl Curl
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of working residents in Curl Curl work from home, a figure far above the national average. This creates a distinct transport profile where high car ownership and strong public transport access coexist with a very low need for daily commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, and 44.9% have two. Only 2.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Curl Curl, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is incredibly common here at 48%, which is far above the 21% seen across Australia. Only 1.4% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure a little below the state and national averages.
48.0% ▲ +770.2%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 48.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -84.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
Public transport infrastructure is strong with 24 stops and 7 routes, and 10.15 stops per 1,000 people is far above the state figure. All services are buses, and weekly departures are among the highest at this level.
24
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.15
Higher than 87% 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).
3,910.7
Higher than 99% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
63,307
Higher than 87% 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).
107,771
Higher than 80% 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).
70
Higher than 74% 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 is much faster by car than in most areas, taking only 19 minutes. Residents also enjoy very quick access to transit, with the walk to the nearest stop taking just one minute.
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.
19
Lower than 84% 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 Curl Curl [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11168/curl-curl/topic/transport