0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Curlwaa · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Curlwaa
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Curlwaa has a motor vehicle, making car travel the essential way to get around. This total reliance on cars is seen in the daily routine, where 65.9% of workers drive themselves to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 42.4% of homes having two vehicles and 25.9% having three. This means the area is well below the national figure for homes without a car, which sits at 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Curlwaa, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 1 vehicle (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare in Curlwaa at 9.0%, a figure far below the 21% national average. No one uses public transport to get to work, and most people rely on driving.
9.0% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
While the area has 4 bus routes and 3 stops—more than many similar areas—the frequency of services is far below the New South Wales figure.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.05
Higher than 82% 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).
221.8
Higher than 73% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a stop is a challenge for many, as the typical walk to the nearest one takes 29 minutes. This is higher than in most other areas.
29
Higher than 66% 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).
More for Curlwaa
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Curlwaa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11171/curlwaa/topic/transport