2.5% ▼ -40.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kootingal · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kootingal
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Kootingal stands out from similar areas for its high number of public transport stops and vehicles per home. While most residents rely on cars, only 2.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 40% owning two vehicles. Very few households get by without a car, a figure that is well below the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kootingal, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 65.9% of residents. Only 11.1% work from home, which is far below the state figure and well below the national average.
11.1% ▲ +126.7%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
Kootingal has 15 public transport stops and 7 routes, which is more than about 85% of similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.49
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).
89.5
Higher than 67% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a stop is not quick here, as the walk to the nearest one takes 24 minutes. This is higher than in most other similar areas.
24
Higher than 62% 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 Kootingal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12203/kootingal/topic/transport