5.2% ▼ -18.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Curtin · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Curtin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 8-minute drive to the city makes Curtin a highly accessible place to live. While most households rely on cars, the area has an impressive number of public transport stops compared to similar places. This mix of options supports a variety of ways to get around daily.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 43.4% owning two vehicles. About 5.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas but about the same as the ACT figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Curtin, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 58.4% of residents. Working from home is less common here than in the rest of Australia, at 11.7%, while 4.5% use public transport, which is among the highest for similar areas.
11.7% ▲ +231.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.5% ▼ -38.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 is well equipped with 27 public transport stops, a figure larger than about 91% of similar areas. All public transport is provided by buses, though weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the ACT average.
27
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.85
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).
732.1
Higher than 83% 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).
5,569
Higher than 52% 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).
15,174
Lower than 54% 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).
51
Lower than 62% 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.
Daily travel is convenient, with a typical 5-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is just 8 minutes, which is among the lowest for areas at this level.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
8
Lower than 97% 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 Curtin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80043/curtin/topic/transport