4.3% ▲ +3.4%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ku-ring-gai · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Ku-ring-gai
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Much higher rates of public transport access and remote work set Ku-ring-gai apart from similar areas. Over half of the working population now works from home, while very few households get by without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 4.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. This level of car ownership has barely changed since 2011, with 42.1% of households owning two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ku-ring-gai, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 54.8% of people doing so—far above the Australian figure of 21.0%. Meanwhile, the share of people commuting by public transport has fallen 13 points since 2011 to just 2.7%.
54.8% ▲ +591.1%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 54.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.7% ▼ -83.4%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 access is much higher than most areas, with 742 stops and 42 routes. There are 1,428.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is a little above the New South Wales figure.
742
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.98
Higher than 82% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,428.6
Higher than 86% of council (lga) 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).
42
Higher than 85% of council (lga) 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 around is relatively easy, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking just 2 minutes. The drive time to the city is also lower than most areas at 20 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% of council (lga) 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.
20
Lower than 71% of council (lga) 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 Ku-ring-gai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14500/ku-ring-gai/topic/transport