1.9% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kiama Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kiama Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost half of all households in Kiama Heights have two motor vehicles, making cars the primary way people move around. This reliance on driving is reflected in the way residents work, with 56% driving to their jobs and others frequently working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households get by without a car, with only 1.9% having no vehicle. This is well below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kiama Heights, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 28% of residents doing so, which is well above the national figure. In contrast, no one in the area commutes to work using public transport.
28.0% ▲ +332.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 28.0%
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: 2.9%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 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.
The area has more public transport stops and routes than most similar places, though it's served only by buses. Despite this, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.14
Higher than 62% 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).
33.0
Higher than 61% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 the city takes a long time, with a typical drive of 93 minutes. This lack of easy access is mirrored in the walk to the nearest stop, which takes 38 minutes and is longer than in most areas.
38
Higher than 73% 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.
93
Higher than 65% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Kiama Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12126/kiama-heights/topic/transport