5.2% ▼ -38.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Killarney Vale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Killarney Vale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of workers in Killarney Vale drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars. While most homes own multiple vehicles, the area is well-served by a high number of bus routes and stops compared to similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least one car, with 39% owning two vehicles. Only 5.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Killarney Vale splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 56% of people as the driver. About 19.4% work from home, which is a little below the national figure of 21% and far below the state's 31%.
19.4% ▲ +687.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -58.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 13 public transport routes and 40 stops, both among the largest for its level. With 1,393.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people, the service frequency is much higher than most similar areas and about the same as the state average.
40
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.
5.34
Higher than 79% 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).
1,393.3
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).
13
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
22,825
Higher than 51% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes typically 5 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 68 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
68
Lower than 51% 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 Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12139/killarney-vale/topic/transport