0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kauring · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kauring
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A shift towards remote work has shaped how people move in Kauring, where 36.4% of the workforce now works from home. This is far above the national figure of 21%. While the area has a few public transport stops, the community relies almost entirely on private cars for travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Kauring has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.4% of Australian homes without one. More than half of households have one car, while 16.7% own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kauring, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 2 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 36.4% of people doing so—far above the Western Australian figure of 7.5%. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work.
36.4% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
The area has two bus stops and one route, which is more than most similar areas. However, with only 69.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service levels are far below the state figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
27.78
Higher than 96% 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).
69.4
Higher than 65% 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.
Getting around requires significant travel time, with a typical 86-minute drive to the city. Access is limited, as the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 57 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
57
Higher than 83% 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.
86
Higher than 60% 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 Kauring [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50744/kauring/topic/transport