1.8% ▼ -56.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kearns · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kearns
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Better than most similar areas for transport access, Kearns is a place where almost every home owns a car. Only 1.8% of households are without a vehicle, a figure well below the national average. While car use is dominant, the area has a high number of public transport options and stops compared to other places of its size.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 41.4% of homes owning two vehicles and 14.3% having four or more. Very few households get by without a car, with only 1.8% having no motor vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kearns, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Half of workers drive to work, while 24.5% work from home, which is well above the national figure. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.6%.
24.5% ▲ +997.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -87.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 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.
The area has a strong network of 15 stops and 4 routes, with 5.57 stops per 1,000 people being much higher than most similar areas. These services are all buses, allowing 20,236 people to be reached within 30 minutes by transit.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.57
Higher than 80% 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).
1,408.1
Higher than 88% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
20,236
Higher than 74% 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).
41,571
Higher than 61% 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 the city takes 37 minutes, which is lower than most areas. Residents also have very quick access to transport, with a typical 3-minute walk to the nearest stop.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
37
Lower than 69% 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 Kearns [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12087/kearns/topic/transport