5.1% ▲ +71.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kayena · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kayena
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 150-minute drive to the city makes Kayena one of the most remote areas at this level. Most households rely heavily on cars to get around, with 83.8% of homes owning two or more vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Over half of homes have two cars, and another 29.3% have three or more. Only 5.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the state and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kayena, 2 vehicles is the majority at 55%; 3 vehicles is next at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport, and 67.4% of workers drive. While 11.6% of people work from home, this is well below the national figure.
11.6% ▲ +12.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 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.
Kayena has 9.05 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the Tasmanian average. However, the 113.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
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.
9.05
Higher than 87% 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).
113.1
Higher than 70% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 public transport stop takes about 10 minutes on foot, which is around the middle for similar areas.
10
Lower than 54% 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.
150
Higher than 90% 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)).
- 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 Kayena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60298/kayena/topic/transport