2.3% ▲ +27.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Killarney Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Killarney Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher share of people work from home in Killarney Heights than in the rest of the country, with 53.1% doing so. This heavy reliance on home-based work is paired with a very high rate of car ownership, as almost half of all households keep two vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 49.2% owning two vehicles and 16.6% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Killarney Heights, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the dominant choice here at 53.1%, a figure far above the national average of 21%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 1.4%, which is a little below the state and national figures.
53.1% ▲ +511.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 53.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -85.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
While there are 16 public transport stops—more than about 86% of similar areas—all transit is provided by buses. Despite 1,370.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people, the transit time to the city is 66 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
16
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.
3.55
Higher than 72% 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).
1,370.3
Higher than 88% 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).
12
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
13,161
Higher than 64% 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).
13,161
Lower than 56% 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).
66
Higher than 68% 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 into the city by car is fast, with a drive time of 17 minutes that is much lower than most areas. Walking to the nearest stop is also very easy, with the walk time being among the lowest at this level.
0
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.
17
Lower than 86% 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 Killarney Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12138/killarney-heights/topic/transport