12.5% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kingsbury · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kingsbury
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 2,500 weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people make Kingsbury one of the best-connected areas for transit. While most residents still rely on cars, the area has a high number of public transport stops and a significant number of households without a vehicle. This creates a mix of high car use alongside strong accessibility to buses and trams.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 12.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households do own a car, with 42.1% having one vehicle and 32.2% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kingsbury, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used for commuting by 6.7% of workers, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. About 20.5% of people work from home, a rate that is about the same as the Australian average.
20.5% ▲ +1042.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.7% ▼ -38.3%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 6.7%
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 served with 17 public transport stops and 4 routes, far more than most similar areas. While it is easy to reach over 129,000 people within 45 minutes by transit, the trip to the city takes a much longer time than in most areas.
17
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.
4.91
Higher than 77% 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).
2,467.9
Higher than 94% 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).
23,207
Higher than 76% 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).
129,941
Higher than 85% 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).
73
Higher than 79% 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.
The drive time to the city is 18 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. It takes about 7 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is around the middle for its level.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
18
Lower than 85% 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 Kingsbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21363/kingsbury/topic/transport