7.5% ▼ -16.0%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kingswood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kingswood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
18 public transport stops serve Kingswood, which is more than 87% of similar areas. This makes the suburb exceptionally well-connected, with a short 8-minute drive and a fast 42-minute transit trip to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.5% of homes here have no motor vehicle, a figure that is much higher than most areas and roughly the same as the national average. Two vehicles per home is the most common arrangement, seen in 38.9% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Kingswood splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is at 4.0%, which is much higher than most similar areas. While 14.2% of people work from home—well above the South Australian figure—this is well below the national rate of 21.0%.
14.2% ▲ +219.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.0% ▼ -38.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 4.0%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Access to transit is a major highlight, with 7.05 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state average. Weekly departures are among the highest at this level, and the 15 available routes are all bus services.
18
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.
7.05
Higher than 86% 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).
2,261.6
Higher than 93% 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).
15
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
37,504
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).
97,673
Higher than 78% 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).
42
Lower than 78% 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 easy, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The area also has some of the lowest drive times to the city at just 8 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
8
Lower than 97% 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 Kingswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40702/kingswood/topic/transport