10.9% ▼ -30.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kilkenny · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kilkenny
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people use public transport and live without cars in Kilkenny than in most similar areas. This is a highly connected place where nearly 11% of homes have no motor vehicle. Strong transit links make it easier for residents to get around without relying on a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Around 10.9% of households here do not have a motor vehicle, which is well above the South Australian figure of 7.2%. The most common setup is one vehicle per home, seen in 43.1% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kilkenny, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used for commuting by 7.4% of workers, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. Meanwhile, only 7.7% of people work from home, a rate far below the Australian average of 21.0%.
7.7% ▲ +192.5%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.4% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 7.4%
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.
The area has 20 public transport stops and 27 routes, meaning it has far more stops per 1,000 people than the state average. This high level of access allows 38,345 people to be reached within a 30-minute trip.
20
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.83
Higher than 88% 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).
4,378.7
Higher 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).
27
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
38,345
Higher than 86% 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).
73,710
Higher than 73% 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).
48
Lower than 68% 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 is very quick, with a typical drive time of just 10 minutes. Residents also live closer to transit than most, with a walk to the nearest stop taking only 2 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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 Kilkenny [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40693/kilkenny/topic/transport