0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kiah · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kiah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Kiah has at least one motor vehicle, making cars essential for daily life. Most households own two vehicles, and there is no public transport available within the area. This makes the community almost entirely dependent on private cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are universal here, with 0.0% of homes lacking a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. About 46% of households keep two vehicles, while 37% have just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kiah, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 1 vehicle is next at 41%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, as 55% of people are drivers. While 15% work from home, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
14.9% ▲ +8.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Kiah, which is far below the state average of 5.27 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a transit stop is a significant challenge, with the walk to the nearest one taking 84 minutes, among the highest times for similar areas.
84
Higher than 99% 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.
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 Kiah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12123/kiah/topic/transport