5.3% ▼ -33.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kiama · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kiama
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Kiama than in most similar areas, with 27% of the workforce doing so. This makes the town stand out as a place where a large chunk of the population avoids a daily commute. While local transport options are plentiful, the area remains heavily reliant on cars for travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 5.3% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, despite being well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Kiama splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (40%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly half of workers drive themselves to work, and very few use public transport, with only 0.6% doing so. Working from home is very common here, sitting well above the national figure of 21%.
27.0% ▲ +352.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -69.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 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.
Kiama has 32 public transport stops and 7 different routes, which is more than about 91% of similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
32
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.05
Higher than 74% 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).
244.2
Higher than 74% 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).
7
Higher than 86% 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.
A typical resident can walk to the nearest stop in just one minute, which is much lower than most areas. In contrast, the drive time to the city is 86 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
1
Lower 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.
86
Higher than 60% 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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Kiama
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Kiama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12124/kiama/topic/transport