5.1% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kanahooka · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kanahooka
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of the workforce in Kanahooka drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars. While most homes have one or two vehicles, a small number of residents live without any motor transport at all.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 5.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas. However, this is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Kanahooka splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 19.2% of the workforce, though this is far below the state figure of 31.0%. Only 0.6% of people commute by public transport, which is slightly lower than the national figure.
19.2% ▲ +880.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -75.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
Kanahooka has 30 public transport stops, making it one of the largest areas for stop counts at this level. While the 622 weekly departures per 1,000 people is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains far below the state average.
30
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.27
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
622.0
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Walking to the nearest stop takes just one minute, which is much lower than in most areas. The drive time to the city is 69 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
1
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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.
69
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality 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 Kanahooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12063/kanahooka/topic/transport