2.2% ▲ +81.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kin Kin · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kin Kin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for life in Kin Kin, where almost every household owns at least one vehicle. With no public transport options available, the area has seen a significant shift toward remote work to avoid long trips.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes lack a car, with only 2.2% of households having no vehicle, which is well below the national figure. Most families have multiple cars, as 42.9% of homes own two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kin Kin, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 24.0% of people doing so—a figure well above the Queensland average. This helps offset the lack of public transport, which 0.0% of residents use to get to work.
24.0% ▲ +49.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 24.0%
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: 1.8%
- 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 the area. This means access is far below the state average, with zero weekly departures 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.
Travel times are very long for those leaving the area, with the drive to the city taking 110 minutes. This is much higher than most similar areas.
110
Higher than 75% 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).
More for Kin Kin
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Kin Kin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31534/kin-kin/topic/transport