7.9% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kingscote · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kingscote
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car travel remains the primary way people move around Kingscote, though a small number of homes now live without a vehicle. While most residents rely on their own cars, very few work from home compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.9% of homes in Kingscote have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. Most households keep one or two cars, with 40.3% having just one and 36.3% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Kingscote splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 61.4% of people, while 9.9% walk. Only 5.8% work from home, a figure far below the national average of 21.0%.
5.8% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▲ +87.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 8 public transport stops and one bus route, which is more than many similar places. However, the 85.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian figure of 1,317.0.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.08
Higher than 74% 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).
85.6
Higher than 67% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes 163 minutes to drive to the city, among the highest times for areas at this level. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 7 minutes.
7
Lower 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.
163
Higher than 92% 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)).
- 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 Kingscote [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40697/kingscote/topic/transport