1.6% ▲ —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kangaroo Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kangaroo Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Kangaroo Point than the national figure, with 37.7% of workers avoiding a daily commute. This shift is part of a wider trend where the area relies heavily on private cars, as very few households go without a vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home here owns a car, with only 1.6% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households are well-equipped, and 43.3% have two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kangaroo Point, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 4 or more (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, at 37.7%, which is far above the 21% national average. Because of this, only 1% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure slightly below the state and national levels.
37.7% ▲ +609.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -55.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Public transport access is very limited, with no stops or routes serving the area. This means the transit time to the city is 79 minutes, which is much higher than most other areas.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
16,430
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality 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).
62,394
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality 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).
79
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is much faster by car than in most areas, with a typical drive time of 25 minutes. For those using transit, the walk to the nearest stop takes about 8 minutes.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
25
Lower than 79% 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)).
- 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 Kangaroo Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12068/kangaroo-point/topic/transport