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.
Kentdale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kentdale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 46% of workers in Kentdale drive to work, making the car the primary way people get around. While most homes own multiple vehicles, a significant 23.7% of the workforce now works from home, which is far above the state figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Kentdale has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. Most households are well-equipped, with 38.6% owning two vehicles and 18.2% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kentdale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 23.7% of people doing so, which is far above the Western Australian average. Conversely, nobody uses public transport to get to work, a figure well below both state and national levels.
23.7% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 23.7%
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.
Two bus stops serve the area, which is more than 72% of similar places. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
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.
16.95
Higher than 91% 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).
118.6
Higher than 71% 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 to public transport is a challenge in Kentdale, as it takes a typical resident 37 minutes to walk to the nearest stop.
37
Higher than 72% 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.
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 Kentdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50753/kentdale/topic/transport