5.1% ▼ -37.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kanwal · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kanwal
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Thirty-nine public transport stops serve Kanwal, which is among the largest number of stops for an area of this size. While transit infrastructure is plentiful, most residents still rely on cars to get around. Only 0.7% of workers use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here go without a car, with only 5.1% having no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Kanwal splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work, with 56% of people driving. Those who work from home make up 15.5% of the workforce, which is far below the state figure of 31%.
15.5% ▲ +1122.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -77.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
The area has 13 bus routes and 9.3 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 5.27. Weekly departures are also a little above the state average.
39
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.30
Higher than 87% 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).
1,450.4
Higher than 89% 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).
13
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
22,362
Higher than 51% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a stop is very quick, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. It takes about 70 minutes to drive to the city.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
70
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)).
- 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).
More for Kanwal
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Kanwal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12075/kanwal/topic/transport