4.7% ▼ -30.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kotara · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kotara
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more public transport stops and services are available in Kotara than in the typical New South Wales area. While the local infrastructure is extensive, most residents still rely on their own cars or work from home. This creates a sharp contrast between the high number of available transit options and how people actually travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Kotara have at least one car, with 44.2% owning two. Only 4.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kotara, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 27% of people doing so, which is well above the national figure. Very few people use public transport for their daily commute, at just 0.1%.
27.0% ▲ +722.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.1% ▼ -94.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 0.1%
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.
Public transport access is among the highest for areas of this size, with 41 stops and 7 different routes. There are 2,345 weekly departures per 1,000 people, far above the state figure of 1,313.6.
41
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.
10.30
Higher than 87% 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).
2,345.0
Higher than 93% 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.
A walk to the nearest transport stop takes only 1 minute, which is much lower than in most areas. However, the drive time to the city is higher than in most similar places.
1
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.
100
Higher 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)).
- 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 Kotara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12208/kotara/topic/transport