10.1% ▼ -24.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kings Meadows · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kings Meadows
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 10% of homes in Kings Meadows have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the state average. This is a place where public transport is highly accessible, yet the vast majority of people still rely on cars to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.1% of households do not own a car, which is much higher than most areas. For those who do, the most common setup is a single vehicle, held by 38.1% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Kings Meadows splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The typical worker here drives, with 70.7% of people commuting as a driver. Only 5.2% of people work from home, a rate that is far below the national figure.
5.2% ▲ +188.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -21.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
Public transport access is a strong point for the area, with 28 stops and 8 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the Tasmanian average.
28
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.42
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).
977.1
Higher than 86% 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).
8
Higher than 86% 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.
It takes just two minutes for most people to walk to their nearest stop, which is much lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is much higher than in similar places.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
118
Higher than 79% 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 Kings Meadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60306/kings-meadows/topic/transport