3.3% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kingsley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kingsley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport options and shorter travel times than most similar areas make Kingsley a well-connected suburb. While most residents still rely on cars, the area has a high number of transit stops and a shorter commute to the city than usual.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here have at least one car, with 43.5% owning two. Only 3.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Western Australian figure of 5.0%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kingsley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 61.7% of workers drive themselves to work. Those who use public transport make up 5.3% of the workforce, which is among the highest for similar areas and a little above the Australian figure of 3.1%.
9.3% ▲ +162.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.3% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 5.3%
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.
The area is very well served with 83 stops and 22 routes, among the largest at this level. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the state figure, and the number of people reachable within 30 minutes by transit is larger than about 82% of similar areas.
83
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.29
Higher than 83% 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).
2,207.4
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).
22
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
26,927
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).
45,132
Higher than 63% 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).
52
Lower than 61% 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 around is relatively easy, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 3 minutes. The drive time to the city is 16 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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 Kingsley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50764/kingsley/topic/transport