7.2% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kidman Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kidman Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 10-minute drive to the city makes Kidman Park a highly accessible spot for commuters. While most people here rely on cars, the area has an unusually high number of public transport routes and stops for its size.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most households have either one or two vehicles, with 38.7% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Kidman Park splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 66.1% of residents. Those who use public transport make up 4.4% of the workforce, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
9.8% ▲ +298.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.4% ▼ -28.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 is primarily bus-based here, with 12 different routes and 15 stops. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most areas, and the area can reach over 62,000 people within 45 minutes by transit.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.87
Higher than 73% 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).
1,322.7
Higher than 88% 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).
12
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
16,361
Higher than 69% 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).
62,948
Higher than 70% 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).
59
Higher than 53% 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 around is relatively easy, with a typical 4-minute walk to the nearest stop. This is lower than in most similar areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
10
Lower than 95% 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 Kidman Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40690/kidman-park/topic/transport