9.0% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kentlyn · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kentlyn
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Kentlyn than in the rest of Australia, with 33.4% of the workforce avoiding a daily commute. This shift is reflected in the local travel patterns, where not a single resident uses public transport to get to work. Most locals rely on their own cars or their home offices to get things done.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 30.5% of homes here have four or more motor vehicles. Around 9% of households have no vehicle at all, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Kentlyn splits fairly evenly between 4 or more (30%) and 2 vehicles (26%), with 1 vehicle at 21%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, far above the national figure of 21%. Because of this, 0% of the workforce commutes via public transport, which is well below the Australian average.
33.4% ▲ +243.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 33.4%
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: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Kentlyn has 13 public transport stops, which is more than about 84% of similar areas. While there are 17.91 stops per 1,000 people—far above the state figure—the number of weekly departures is well below the New South Wales average.
13
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
17.91
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).
1,038.6
Higher than 86% 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).
16,729
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).
16,729
Lower than 53% 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 about 39 minutes, which is lower than most areas. It is also quicker than most places to get to the nearest stop, taking only 6 minutes on foot.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
39
Lower than 68% 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 Kentlyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12109/kentlyn/topic/transport