6.4% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ku-ring-gai · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Ku-ring-gai
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive shift in working habits defines Ku-ring-gai, where the number of people working from home jumped by 49 percentage points since 2011. Now, more than half the workforce—53.5%—works from home, a figure far above the national average. This trend dominates the local transport landscape, as the area has shifted away from traditional commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Ku-ring-gai have at least one car, with 37.6% owning two and 10.4% owning three. Only 6.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the New South Wales figure and has barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Ku-ring-gai splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the primary way people get to work here at 53.5%, placing the area among the highest for this trend. Driving is the next most common choice at 25.1%, while the 3.5% of people using public transport is about the same as the national figure.
53.5% ▲ +1084.7%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 53.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.5% ▲ +73.7%
Higher than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 3.5%
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.
The area has 458 public transport stops, which is more than about 88% of similar areas. While bus services dominate the network at 89.3%, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is a little below the state average.
458
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.28
Higher than 64% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,165.7
Higher than 57% of state electorate 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).
23
Lower than 60% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Ku-ring-gai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10041/ku-ring-gai/topic/transport