5.2% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Killara · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Killara
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of the workforce in Killara now works from home, a trend that far exceeds national figures. The suburb is very well connected, with a short 16-minute drive to the city and a high number of public transport routes compared to similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, though 5.2% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, even if it remains well below the New South Wales figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Killara splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (40%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 54.6% of the workforce doing so, which is far above the Australian average of 21.0%. Only 3.3% of residents commute by public transport, which is about the same as the national figure.
54.6% ▲ +612.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 54.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▼ -84.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 is served by 43 public transport stops and 7 different routes, providing access to over 130,000 people within 45 minutes. While the number of weekly departures is much higher than most similar areas, it is far below the state average.
43
Higher than 87% 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).
727.6
Higher than 83% 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).
22,433
Higher than 76% 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).
130,176
Higher than 85% 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).
50
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is fast, with a drive time of 16 minutes that is much lower than most areas. A walk to the nearest transport stop typically takes around 9 minutes.
9
Lower than 56% 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.
16
Lower than 87% 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 Killara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12137/killara/topic/transport