2.6% ▲ +14.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Kennedy · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Port Kennedy
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership remains the dominant way to get around Port Kennedy, where only 2.6% of homes have no motor vehicle. While the area has a high number of transit stops compared to similar places, the long trip to the city makes driving the primary choice for most residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 42.8% having two vehicles and 16.2% owning three. The proportion of homes without a car is 2.6%, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Port Kennedy, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 62.4% as the driver and 4.9% as a passenger. Only 5.6% of the workforce works from home, a figure far below the Australian average of 21%.
5.6% ▲ +165.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.7% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 3.7%
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.
Port Kennedy has 57 public transport stops, among the largest number for areas of this size, though all services are buses. Despite this, the 84-minute trip to the city is among the highest for similar areas.
57
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.23
Higher than 74% 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).
1,260.4
Higher than 88% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
13,477
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).
46,396
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).
84
Higher than 94% 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 40 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas. A typical walk to the nearest transit stop takes about 8 minutes.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
40
Lower than 67% 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 Port Kennedy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51260/port-kennedy/topic/transport