Kianga · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Kianga

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every home in Kianga relies on a car to get around, with 96.5% of households owning at least one vehicle. While there are more transport stops here than in most similar areas, they are few and far between for the typical resident.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have two cars, accounting for 44.8% of households. Only 3.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much lower than the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.

3.5% ▼ -17.3%

Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.2%
  • 2016: 2.2%
  • 2021: 3.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Kianga, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (38%) and 3 vehicles (10%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work, with 62% of people as the driver. About 17.8% of residents work from home, though this is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.

17.8% ▲ +236.0%

Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.3%
  • 2016: 4.8%
  • 2021: 17.8%

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: 1.2%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Kianga, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 21%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Kianga has five public transport stops and two bus routes, which is more than about 77% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.

6.37

Higher than 83% 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).

105.7

Higher than 69% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Public transport is not very accessible for daily use, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 69 minutes, which is much higher than in most areas.

69

Higher than 90% 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 Kianga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12127/kianga/topic/transport