Kanmantoo · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Kanmantoo

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

High car ownership is the norm in Kanmantoo, where only 2.5% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, reflecting a community that relies heavily on private transport to get around.

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📍 Kanmantoo, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households here own multiple cars, with 40.7% having two and 23.7% having three. Only 2.5% of homes lack a vehicle, which is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.

2.5% ▲ +17.0%

Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.1%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 2.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Kanmantoo, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 1 vehicle (22%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 69.1% of residents. Only 7.9% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.

7.9% ▲ +116.7%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.6%
  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 7.9%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

2.2% ▲ +19.6%

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.8%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 2.2%

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 Kanmantoo, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Worked at home is next at 9%.

Public transport access

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

While the area has four public transport routes and more stops per 1,000 people than most areas, these are all bus services. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.

5.83

Higher than 81% 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).

46.6

Higher than 62% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The drive time to the city is 40 minutes, which is lower than most areas. However, it takes 23 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is higher than most areas.

23

Higher than 61% 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.

40

Lower than 67% 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 Kanmantoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40660/kanmantoo/topic/transport