2.5% ▼ -64.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Killarney · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Killarney
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Killarney compared to the rest of the country, with only 7.6% doing so. This rural area relies almost entirely on private cars, as there are no public transport options available for residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 40% of households have two cars and another 16.3% have three. Only 2.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Killarney splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 56.2% of people, while 10% walk. No one in the area commutes using public transport, a figure well below the national average of 3.1%.
7.6% ▼ -22.1%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 7.6%
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: 0.8%
- 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 Killarney. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.
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 from Killarney, with a drive time of 128 minutes. This is much higher than most other similar areas.
128
Higher than 85% 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 Killarney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31531/killarney/topic/transport