1.3% ▼ -32.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kiels Mountain · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kiels Mountain
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Kiels Mountain relies on a car, with only 1.3% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on private transport is clear in the way people travel, as nobody uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, and 16.1% of households own four or more. The 1.3% of homes without a vehicle is well below the Australian figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kiels Mountain, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 67% of residents, while 16.1% work from home. No one in the area uses public transport for their commute, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%.
16.1% ▲ +85.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 16.1%
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: 0.9%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 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 here, with zero stops and zero routes. This is far below the Queensland average of 2.99 stops per 1,000 people.
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 around on foot is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 60 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is 70 minutes.
60
Higher than 85% 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.
70
Higher than 50% 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 Kiels Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31525/kiels-mountain/topic/transport