Kenilworth · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Kenilworth

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A total reliance on cars defines the way people move in Kenilworth, where there is no public transport available. Most households own multiple vehicles to get around, and the drive time to the city is much higher than in most other areas.

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📍 Kenilworth, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every home in Kenilworth has at least one motor vehicle, with 42.9% owning two. Only 3.8% of homes have no vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

3.8% ▼ -40.9%

Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.3%
  • 2016: 4.4%
  • 2021: 3.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Kenilworth, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (11%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Cars are the primary way to get to work for 58.5% of residents, while 15.6% work from home. No one uses public transport to commute, which is well below the Australian average of 3.1%.

15.6% ▲ +28.0%

Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.2%
  • 2016: 12.5%
  • 2021: 15.6%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.6%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Kenilworth, Car (driver) is the majority at 68%; Worked at home is next at 18%.

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 the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting into the city is a significant journey for locals, with a drive time of 134 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

134

Higher than 87% 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 Kenilworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31503/kenilworth/topic/transport