0.6% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Killara · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Killara
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes live without a car in Killara compared to the state average, with only 0.6% of households lacking a vehicle. This heavy reliance on private cars defines the area's transport landscape, which lacks any public transport options. Most residents depend on their own wheels to get around and reach their workplaces.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 60% of homes in Killara have two motor vehicles, while 12.3% have three. Very few households are without a car, a figure well below the 7.6% seen across Victoria.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Killara, 2 vehicles is the majority at 60%; 1 vehicle is next at 21%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Car travel dominates the morning rush, with 75.6% of workers driving themselves. Only 9.2% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
9.2% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian average of 1,267.9.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 the nearest transport stop is a challenge here, with a typical walk of 61 minutes. This is much higher than in most similar areas.
61
Higher 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.
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 Killara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21347/killara/topic/transport