4.5% ▼ -21.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Currumbin Waters · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Currumbin Waters
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A very short walk to a bus stop defines daily travel in Currumbin Waters, where almost everyone relies on a car to get around. Most households own at least one vehicle, and very few residents use public transport to reach their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Two cars are the most common setup for the 40% of homes that have them. Only 4.5% of households live without a motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Currumbin Waters, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 65.3% of people taking the car as the driver. This is consistent with the fact that only 0.3% use public transport and 13% work from home, a figure well below the Australian average.
13.0% ▲ +151.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -76.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 34 public transport stops and three routes, making it one of the largest for its level. While there are 3.47 stops per 1,000 people, the number of weekly departures is far below the Queensland figure.
34
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.47
Higher than 71% 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).
432.2
Higher than 77% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
Getting to the nearest stop takes only 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The typical drive time to the city is 61 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
61
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)).
- 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 Currumbin Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30776/currumbin-waters/topic/transport