4.6% ▼ -27.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kensington · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kensington
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people use public transport to get to work in Kensington than the national figure. While the typical home has two cars, the area is well-connected with a very short walk to the nearest stop and a quick 7-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 4.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most similar areas. Most households rely on cars, with 43.6% owning two vehicles and 33.1% owning one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kensington, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is among the highest for this area type at 7.3%, well above the Australian figure of 3.1%. Working from home is less common here than in most areas, though it is still well above the Western Australian average.
10.6% ▲ +145.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.3% ▼ -34.2%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 7.3%
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.
Kensington has an impressive 9.73 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. With 11 different routes and 45 stops, the number of weekly departures is among the highest at this level.
45
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.
9.73
Higher than 87% 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).
2,194.1
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).
11
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
71,068
Higher than 72% 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).
44
Lower than 75% 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 very efficient, with a drive time of just 7 minutes. Residents also enjoy a much shorter walk to their nearest transit stop than people in most other areas, 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.
7
Lower than 99% 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 Kensington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50752/kensington/topic/transport