1.8% ▲ +65.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kurmond · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kurmond
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Higher car ownership than most similar areas defines Kurmond, where only 1.8% of homes have no motor vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is reflected in the commute, with almost no one using public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 38.6% owning two vehicles and 18.9% owning four or more. This means far fewer homes are without a car compared to the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kurmond, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 4 or more (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost no one uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Instead, 49.1% drive and 27.0% work from home, a rate that is well above the Australian average.
27.0% ▲ +289.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 27.0%
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: 1.4%
- 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 there are 3 public transport stops and one bus route, these are far less frequent than in the rest of the state. No one in the area can reach other people via transit within 45 minutes.
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.
3.53
Higher than 72% 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).
178.8
Higher than 72% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 52 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas. Residents also have a shorter walk to their nearest stop, averaging 6 minutes.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
52
Lower than 61% 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 Kurmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12223/kurmond/topic/transport