16.4% ▲ +150.0%
Higher than 96% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kingsford Smith · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Kingsford Smith
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home is a huge part of daily life in Kingsford Smith, where 41% of people now do so. This shift is part of a broader trend toward less car reliance, with a growing number of households choosing not to own a vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
A high 16.4% of homes in Kingsford Smith have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. This is a significant increase, as the number of car-free homes rose 9.8 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kingsford Smith, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and No vehicle (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than in the rest of Australia, at 41%. While 5.2% of people use public transport to get to work—which is a little above the national figure—this is a sharp fall from 22.2% in 2016.
41.0% —
Higher than 90% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 41.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.2% —
Higher than 81% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 5.2%
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.
Public transport frequency is very high, with weekly departures per 1,000 people far above the New South Wales figure. However, the number of stops per 1,000 people is much lower than most areas, and buses make up 96.7% of available modes.
656
Lower than 71% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.61
Lower than 77% of federal electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
3,110.5
Higher than 99% of federal electorate 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).
44
Lower than 66% of federal electorate 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 city is quick, with a typical drive time of just 12 minutes. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 5 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
5
Lower than 59% of federal electorate 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.
12
Lower than 90% of federal electorate 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 Kingsford Smith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED122/kingsford-smith/topic/transport