Crescent Head · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Crescent Head

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

Crescent Head (L) shows patterns typical for its size, though it relies heavily on private cars for travel. While few homes lack a vehicle, the number of people working from home has nearly doubled since 2011 to reach 11.5%.

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📍 Crescent Head, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 4.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households have one or two vehicles, though the proportion of homes without a car rose 3.4 points since 2011.

4.5% ▲ +301.7%

Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.1%
  • 2016: 1.6%
  • 2021: 4.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Crescent Head, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (11%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Private cars are the main way to get to work, as 0.0% of residents use public transport, a figure well below the national average. While working from home rose to 11.5%, this is still far below the New South Wales rate of 31.0%.

11.5% ▲ +92.0%

Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 6.0%
  • 2016: 4.3%
  • 2021: 11.5%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.6%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Crescent Head, Car (driver) is the majority at 74%; Worked at home is next at 14%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Crescent Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121026/crescent-head/topic/transport