Cumnock · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Cumnock

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

Over 72% of working residents in Cumnock drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. Very few people rely on public transport, while car ownership is much more common here than in the typical Australian home.

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📍 Cumnock, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every home in Cumnock has a car, with only 2.7% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, and the proportion of car-free homes has barely changed since 2011.

2.7% ▲ +14.8%

Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.3%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 2.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Cumnock splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 17%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, and only 6.0% of people work from home. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%, and the number of people working from home has fallen since 2011.

6.0% ▼ -26.7%

Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 8.1%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 6.0%

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: 0.0%
  • 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 Cumnock, Car (driver) is the majority at 86%; Walked is next at 7%.

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 Cumnock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122045/cumnock/topic/transport