4.8% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kotara South · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kotara South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership and remote work have shaped the way people move in Kotara South, with 26.1% of workers now operating from home. While the area has a very high number of public transport options, very few residents actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost half of all homes here have two motor vehicles. Only 4.8% of households have no vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kotara South, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 26.1%, which is well above the national figure. Only 0.5% of residents use public transport to get to work, a figure that is a little below both state and national levels.
26.1% ▲ +783.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -81.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 very high, with 12 stops and 5 routes serving the area. This results in 1,906.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.47
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).
1,906.1
Higher than 91% 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).
5
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.
It takes a typical resident only 3 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is much lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is higher than most areas at 100 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12209/kotara-south/topic/transport