10.8% ▲ +29.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kurraba Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kurraba Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge 65% of working residents in Kurraba Point work from home, which is far above the national figure. This high rate of remote work defines the local transport landscape, alongside a very short 6-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is among the highest for similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 7.4%. Most households here own one vehicle, while 25.6% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kurraba Point, 1 vehicle is the majority at 57%; 2 vehicles is next at 25%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the dominant choice at 65%, a figure far above the 21% national average. Those who do travel for work mainly use a car, as only 2.6% use public transport, which is about the same as the state and national rates.
65.0% ▲ +762.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 65.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% ▼ -88.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 access is strong, with a short 40-minute transit time to the city and 29,624 people reachable within 30 minutes. While the area has more stops than most similar places, the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.43
Higher than 63% 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).
304.8
Higher than 75% 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).
29,624
Higher than 82% 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).
79,702
Higher than 74% 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).
40
Lower than 81% 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 around is convenient, with a very short 3-minute walk to the nearest stop. This ease of access is paired with a drive time to the city that is among the lowest for this level.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
6
Lower than 99% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Kurraba Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12225/kurraba-point/topic/transport