2.9% —
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kingsley (North Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Kingsley (North Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 61% of working residents in Kingsley drive themselves to work, reflecting a high reliance on cars. The area is very well served by public transport, with some of the highest numbers of weekly departures per person in the region. While car use is dominant, very few homes here get by without a motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.9% of households in Kingsley have no motor vehicle, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian figure of 7.4%. Most homes own two cars, while 14.9% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kingsley (North Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is at 5.0%, which is much higher than most areas. However, only 8.8% of people work from home, a figure that is far below the national average of 21.0%.
8.8% —
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.0% —
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
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 major strength here, with 6.35 stops per 1,000 people and weekly departures that are well above the Western Australian figure. The network is almost entirely bus-based, making up 95.7% of the services.
265
Higher than 51% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.35
Higher than 84% 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).
2,558.8
Higher than 91% 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).
32
Higher than 63% 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 Kingsley (North Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED53004/kingsley/topic/transport