1.6% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kinross · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kinross
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 62% of working residents in Kinross drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars. While most households own multiple vehicles, the area is well served by local bus stops and has a short walk to public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high here, with 45.6% of homes having two vehicles and 9.3% owning four or more. Only 1.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kinross, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 5.5% of people use public transport to get to work, which is among the highest for similar areas. This is far more common than across Australia, though only 7.9% of residents work from home, a figure far below the national level.
7.9% ▲ +175.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.5% ▼ -25.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 5.5%
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.
Kinross has 42 public transport stops and three routes, both of which are among the highest for similar areas. While there are 6.01 stops per 1,000 people, the weekly number of departures is far below the Western Australian figure.
42
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.
6.01
Higher than 82% 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).
707.2
Higher than 82% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
13,819
Higher than 65% 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).
23,556
Higher than 51% 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).
71
Higher than 76% 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.
The drive time to the city is 22 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Local access is also convenient, with a 4-minute walk to the nearest stop being lower than in most other areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
22
Lower than 81% 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 Kinross [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50766/kinross/topic/transport