0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kent · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Kent
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero homes in Kent are without a motor vehicle, making it one of the few areas where every household has a car. This complete reliance on private transport is common for the region, with many homes owning four or more vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 31.1% owning two vehicles and 26.2% owning four or more. The proportion of homes with no car has fallen to 0.0%, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Kent splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (31%) and 4 or more (27%), with 3 vehicles at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 20.9% of the workforce doing so, a figure far above the Western Australian average. While 51.6% drive to work, only 1.2% use public transport, which is well below the state figure.
20.9% ▼ -31.5%
Higher than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▲ —
Higher than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 is entirely absent in Kent, with zero stops and routes available. This lack of infrastructure means the area is far below the state average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per person.
0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Kent [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA54480/kent/topic/transport