0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kanigan · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kanigan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly every home in Kanigan owns a motor vehicle, making it far more car-dependent than the state and national figures. This reliance on private transport is clear, as there are no public transport options available for residents. The area's isolation is further highlighted by a very long drive time to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in Kanigan is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figures. Most households own multiple cars, with 37% having two vehicles and nearly 20% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kanigan, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 4 or more (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure. Instead, 45.8% of workers drive as the main driver, while 14.6% work from home, a rate about the same as the state average.
14.6% ▲ +133.3%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 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.
Public transport is completely absent in Kanigan, with zero stops or routes. This means the number of weekly departures is far below the Queensland figure.
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 into the city is a significant journey, with a drive time of 131 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.
131
Higher than 86% 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 Kanigan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31482/kanigan/topic/transport