5.1% ▼ -41.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kensington · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kensington
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one uses public transport in Kensington, making it stand out compared to similar areas. While most households have at least one car, the area lacks any formal transit services to provide an alternative. This creates a heavy reliance on private vehicles for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 5.1% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this is about the same as the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kensington, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 38%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work, with 70.8% of people driving. Very few people work from home at 5.7%, a figure far below the national average of 21%.
5.7% ▼ -41.7%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.7%
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: 1.5%
- 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 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 to the nearest transport stop takes a typical 42 minutes on foot, which is much higher than in most other areas.
42
Higher than 75% 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 Kensington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31507/kensington/topic/transport