10.5% ▼ -12.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kingston · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kingston
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than one in ten homes in Kingston have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure. While public transport options are plentiful, most people still rely on cars for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.5% of households do not own a car, a rate much higher than most other areas. For those who do, the most common setup is a single vehicle, found in 38.6% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kingston, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, at 5.7%, which is far below the Australian figure. Most residents drive to work, with 66.4% as the driver and another 8% as a passenger.
5.7% ▲ +254.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.8% ▼ -52.7%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 infrastructure is a strength, with 60 stops and 17 routes making this one of the best-served areas. There are 5.71 stops per 1,000 people, far above the Queensland average.
60
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.71
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).
816.6
Higher than 84% 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).
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
10,371
Higher than 59% 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).
28,503
Higher than 55% 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).
78
Higher than 86% 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 takes about 21 minutes by car, which is much lower than most areas. Pedestrians also have easy access to transport, with a typical three-minute walk to the nearest stop.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
21
Lower than 82% 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 Kingston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31548/kingston/topic/transport