Kincumber - Picketts Valley · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Kincumber - Picketts Valley

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

Very few people use public transport to commute in Kincumber - Picketts Valley, with only 0.7% doing so. This area relies heavily on cars, though working from home has become much more common, jumping from 3.7% in 2011 to 25.8% in 2021.

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📍 Kincumber - Picketts Valley, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have at least one car, with 41.6% owning one and 32.7% owning two. Those with no motor vehicle make up 8.2% of households, which is much higher than most areas, though this is 3.8 percentage points lower than in 2011.

8.2% ▼ -31.8%

Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 12.0%
  • 2016: 8.9%
  • 2021: 8.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Kincumber - Picketts Valley, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (11%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Half of the workforce drives to work as the sole occupant of the car. While 25.8% of people now work from home—a figure well above the national average—those using public transport to get to work have fallen to just 0.7%.

25.8% ▲ +595.7%

Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 3.7%
  • 2016: 4.6%
  • 2021: 25.8%

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

0.7% ▼ -75.9%

Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 3.0%
  • 2016: 3.1%
  • 2021: 0.7%

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.

How people get to work

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In Kincumber - Picketts Valley, Car (driver) is the majority at 61%; Worked at home is next at 32%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

The area has 74 public transport stops, which is more than 77% of similar areas, and nearly 10 stops per 1,000 people. Despite this, the network is entirely bus-based and reaches fewer people within 45 minutes than about 88% of other areas.

74

Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

9.72

Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).

1,380.8

Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).

7,615

Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

7,615

Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes much longer to drive to the city here than in most areas, with a typical trip taking 66 minutes. However, the walk to the nearest stop is very short, taking only 1 minute.

1

Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.

66

Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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)).
  • Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
  • 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 Kincumber - Picketts Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/102011034/kincumber-picketts-valley/topic/transport