16.9% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kensington · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kensington
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more households in Kensington live without a car than the national figure, with 16.9% of homes having no motor vehicle. This shift away from driving is reflected in the way people work, as nearly half the workforce now operates from home. The area's strong transit links make it easy to get around without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 16.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the 7.6% seen across Victoria. Most households do have a car, with 54.5% owning one and 23.8% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kensington, 1 vehicle is the majority at 55%; 2 vehicles is next at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 46.5%, far above the national figure of 21%. Public transport use for commuting is also among the highest for similar areas, at 6.4%.
46.5% ▲ +1455.5%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 46.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.4% ▼ -72.3%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 6.4%
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.
The area is well connected with 20 public transport stops and 4 routes, providing access to over 431,000 people within 45 minutes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most areas.
20
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.86
Higher than 65% 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).
1,092.6
Higher than 87% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
80,732
Higher than 88% 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).
431,198
Higher than 90% 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).
29
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city is very fast, with a typical drive time of just 8 minutes. Walking to the nearest transport stop is also much easier than in most areas, taking only 2 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.
8
Lower than 97% 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 Kensington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21327/kensington/topic/transport