0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kingsford · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kingsford
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Kingsford has at least one motor vehicle, making cars essential for daily life. While the area has a high number of transport stops for its size, the actual number of departures is far below the state figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, with 0.0% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the Western Australian and national figures, with 16.5% of households owning four or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kingsford, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 1 vehicle (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly half of workers drive themselves to work, while 14.1% work from home, which is well above the state average. A small number of people use public transport, at 3.1%.
14.1% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▼ -47.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 11.49 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state figure. However, the weekly number of departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average, with only bus services available.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
11.49
Higher than 88% 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).
103.4
Higher than 69% 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 the nearest transport stop is very quick, with a typical walk of just one minute, which is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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).
More for Kingsford
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Kingsford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50763/kingsford/topic/transport