Kangarilla · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Kangarilla

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Only 1.6% of homes in Kangarilla have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This is a place where private transport is essential for daily life, with the vast majority of households owning multiple cars.

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📍 Kangarilla, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here have more than one car; 39.8% have two vehicles and 21.7% have four or more. This high level of ownership means far fewer homes are without a car compared to the South Australian average.

1.6% ▲ +66.1%

Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.9%
  • 2016: 1.0%
  • 2021: 1.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Kangarilla, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 4 or more (22%) and 3 vehicles (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 61.3% of people as the driver. While 17.2% work from home—well above the state figure—no one in the area commutes using public transport.

17.2% ▲ +93.2%

Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.9%
  • 2016: 7.0%
  • 2021: 17.2%

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: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Kangarilla, Car (driver) is the majority at 74%; Worked at home is next at 21%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is very limited, with only two stops and one bus route serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian figure, and no one can reach another person within 30 minutes using transit.

2.21

Higher than 66% 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).

11.0

Higher than 58% 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.

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).

2,729

Lower than 68% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The typical drive time to the city is 33 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas. However, getting to the nearest transit stop takes about 19 minutes on foot.

19

Higher than 58% 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.

33

Lower than 71% 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 Kangarilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40656/kangarilla/topic/transport