3.1% ▼ -40.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kenmore Hills · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kenmore Hills
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all households in Kenmore Hills own two cars, making private vehicles the primary way to get around. This is a place where working from home is very common, with a much higher proportion of residents doing so than in other similar areas. While bus stops are plentiful, the area remains heavily reliant on cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 48.5% owning two and 15.4% owning three. Only 3.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Queensland figure and well below the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kenmore Hills, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 33.6% of people doing so, a figure far above both the state and national averages. Driving is the most common way to commute, while only 2.6% of people use public transport.
33.6% ▲ +306.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% ▼ -55.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 14 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, all services are buses, and the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the Queensland figure.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.72
Higher than 80% 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).
538.4
Higher than 79% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
9,438
Lower than 59% 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).
60
Higher than 56% 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 to the city by car is relatively fast, taking just 14 minutes. Residents also enjoy very easy access to transit, with the walk to the nearest stop being among the lowest for its level.
0
Lower than 99% 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.
14
Lower than 90% 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 Kenmore Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31505/kenmore-hills/topic/transport