Kurrajong · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Kurrajong

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost 33% of people in Kurrajong work from home, a figure far above the national average. This high rate of remote work is a standout feature for the area, where car travel is the primary way to get around. Most households here own multiple vehicles to manage the distance to city hubs.

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📍 Kurrajong, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are essential here, with 79.7% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Only 0.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.

0.9% ▼ -58.1%

Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.1%
  • 2016: 1.3%
  • 2021: 0.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Kurrajong, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 4 or more (23%) and 3 vehicles (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 46.5% of residents. While 32.3% work from home, very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.3%.

32.3% ▲ +305.8%

Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.0%
  • 2016: 6.8%
  • 2021: 32.3%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.3% ▼ -64.0%

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.9%
  • 2016: 1.8%
  • 2021: 0.3%

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.

How people get to work

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In Kurrajong, Car (driver) is the majority at 57%; Worked at home is next at 39%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

All public transport here is provided by buses, with 15 stops across two routes. However, these services are limited; the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.

4.82

Higher than 77% 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).

221.0

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).

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting into the city takes some time, with a typical drive time of 64 minutes.

64

Lower than 53% 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 Kurrajong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12226/kurrajong/topic/transport