0.6% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kurrajong Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kurrajong Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all homes in Kurrajong Heights have two motor vehicles, making cars the primary way people get around. This is a heavily car-dependent area where working from home is common, with about 32% of the workforce avoiding a daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every household owns a car, with only 0.6% of homes having none. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% and the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kurrajong Heights, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (20%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, at 32.4%, which is far above the Australian average of 21.0%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, with only 0.4% doing so.
32.4% ▲ +379.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -61.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
While there are 12 public transport stops—a number far above the state average per person—they are all buses. Despite this, weekly departures are far below the New South Wales figure, and no one can reach other people via transit within 45 minutes.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.56
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).
71.7
Higher than 65% 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 typical drive to the city takes 62 minutes. Residents have very quick access to their nearest stop, though the walk is often negligible.
0
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.
62
Lower than 55% 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 Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12227/kurrajong-heights/topic/transport