5.0% ▼ -21.9%
Lower than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kwinana · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Kwinana
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people use public transport to get to work in Kwinana than in most similar areas. Most residents rely on cars, with 75.6% of homes owning two or more vehicles to navigate the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is common, and only 5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure. This is a slight drop from 2011, when 6.4% of homes were without a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kwinana, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 5.9% of workers use public transport, which is a little above the national figure. Very few people work from home at 4.9%, a rate far below the Australian average of 21%.
4.9% ▲ +161.6%
Lower than 94% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.9% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 87% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 5.9%
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.
Kwinana has 5.84 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most areas. However, the number of weekly departures is well below the Western Australian figure.
268
Lower than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.84
Higher than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,195.3
Higher than 64% of sub-region (sa3) 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).
10
Lower than 80% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical drive time to the city is 24 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
24
Lower than 56% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Kwinana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50703/kwinana/topic/transport