1.2% ▼ -61.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kenthurst · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kenthurst
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 41% of workers in Kenthurst drive to their jobs, making the car the primary way people get around. This is a highly vehicle-dependent area where very few homes get by without a car. Most residents rely on their own transport or work from home rather than using public transit.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with 67% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Only 1.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Kenthurst splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 4 or more (32%), with 3 vehicles at 20%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very popular, with 36.1% of people doing so—far above the Australian figure of 21.0%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.2%.
36.1% ▲ +207.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -89.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
While Kenthurst has 96 stops and a high number of routes compared to similar areas, these services don't help many people reach others quickly; zero people are reachable within 45 minutes by transit. Weekly departures are also far below the New South Wales figure.
96
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
18.07
Higher than 91% 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).
477.5
Higher than 78% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
The typical drive time to the city is 40 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas. A walk to the nearest transport stop usually takes about 10 minutes.
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.
40
Lower than 67% 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 Kenthurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12108/kenthurst/topic/transport