3.7% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kardinya · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kardinya
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Forty-three public transport stops serve Kardinya, making it one of the best-connected areas for its size. This creates a strong transport network where most residents can reach a stop within a four-minute walk. While cars remain the primary choice for getting around, the suburb has a very high level of transit access compared to similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have two cars, and only 3.7% of households have no motor vehicle. This figure is higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kardinya, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 64.7% of workers drive themselves to work, while only 7.4% work from home. This rate of working from home is much lower than most areas and far below the Australian figure of 21%.
7.4% ▲ +116.5%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.9% ▼ -31.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 is well served by 12 bus routes, with 1,678 weekly departures per 1,000 people. This high frequency allows over 86,000 people to be reachable within 45 minutes by transit, which is better than about 77% of similar areas.
43
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.71
Higher than 76% 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).
1,678.1
Higher than 90% 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).
27,017
Higher than 80% 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).
86,501
Higher than 76% 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).
51
Lower than 62% 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 into the city is relatively quick, with a typical drive time of just 16 minutes. This is much lower than most other 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.
16
Lower than 87% 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 Kardinya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50725/kardinya/topic/transport