8.2% ▼ -21.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kandos · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kandos
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work in Kandos, where 63% of workers rely on driving. While the town has a few bus routes, almost no one uses them for their daily commute. Most households depend on their own cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Nearly half of all households have just one vehicle, while 28.2% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kandos, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in Kandos uses public transport to get to work, and only 6.6% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Most people drive themselves or walk to their jobs.
6.6% ▲ +100.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
There are 7 public transport routes and 2 stops in the area, though the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure. All available services are buses.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.58
Higher than 64% 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).
12.7
Higher than 59% 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).
7
Higher than 86% 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.
It takes about 10 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for areas of this size.
10
Lower than 54% 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.
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 Kandos [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12065/kandos/topic/transport