15.0% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kingswood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kingswood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people now work from home in Kingswood than in previous years, with 24.0% of the workforce doing so. This area is well connected, featuring 77 public transport stops and a very short walk to the nearest transit point.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 15.0% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Nearly half of all households (48.5%) own just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kingswood, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and No vehicle (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is a little above the national figure at 4.2%. While 24.0% of people work from home, this is well below the state average of 31.0%.
24.0% ▲ +1198.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.2% ▼ -66.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 4.2%
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.
Kingswood has a high level of service with 7.24 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state figure. Weekly departures are also far above the New South Wales average.
77
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.24
Higher than 86% 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).
2,159.0
Higher than 92% 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).
24,625
Higher than 78% 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).
98,838
Higher than 78% 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.
Getting around is convenient, as the typical walk to the nearest stop is only 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 37 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
37
Lower than 69% 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 Kingswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12171/kingswood/topic/transport