Kanimbla · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Kanimbla

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

A staggering 39.2% of working residents in Kanimbla work from home, which is far above the national figure of 21%. This high rate of home-based work fits a place where every single household owns at least one motor vehicle and the nearest city is a 129-minute drive away.

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📍 Kanimbla, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are essential here, as 0% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households own multiple cars, with 36% having two and 14.7% owning four or more.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 5.4%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Kanimbla, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (24%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

The typical way to get to work is by car (48.1%) or by working from home, a trend that is well above the state average. No one in the area uses public transport to commute.

39.2% ▲ +304.5%

Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.7%
  • 2016: 36.4%
  • 2021: 39.2%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2%
  • 2016: 5.5%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Kanimbla, Car (driver) is the majority at 55%; Worked at home is next at 45%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is non-existent in Kanimbla, with zero stops and routes. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting into the city is a significant journey, with a drive time of 129 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.

129

Higher than 86% 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 Kanimbla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12073/kanimbla/topic/transport