1.2% ▲ —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Curlewis · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Curlewis
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people use public transport here than in most similar areas, though Curlewis remains heavily reliant on cars. While 8 routes serve the area, very few residents actually use them for their daily commute. Almost every household owns at least one motor vehicle, with only 1.2% of homes having none.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as the typical home has two vehicles. Only 1.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Curlewis, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers rely on cars, with 63.7% driving themselves to work. Only 1.1% commute by public transport, and the 16.7% who work from home is well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
16.7% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -59.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
Curlewis has 13 public transport stops, which is more than about 84% of similar areas. While weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than in most similar areas, this is still far below the state average.
13
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.11
Higher than 70% 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).
630.4
Higher than 81% 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).
8
Higher than 86% 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.
It takes about 16 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop. The typical drive time to the city is 64 minutes.
16
Higher than 54% 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.
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)).
- 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 Curlewis [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20697/curlewis/topic/transport