Killarney · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Killarney

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Very few households without a car make Killarney (L) stand out compared to other similar areas. Almost every home here relies on a vehicle, with only 2.2% of households lacking one. This high level of vehicle ownership shapes how people move through the town and get to work.

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📍 Killarney, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The area has a very high rate of car ownership, well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most homes have one or two vehicles, while 15.4% have three, and the share of homes without a car has fallen since 2011.

2.2% ▼ -35.3%

Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.5%
  • 2016: 4.8%
  • 2021: 2.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Killarney splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (40%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one in Killarney (L) uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Most people drive, while 13.6% walk, and the share of people working from home rose to 5.8% since 2011.

5.8% ▲ +190.9%

Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.0%
  • 2016: 6.7%
  • 2021: 5.8%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Killarney, Car (driver) is the majority at 70%; Walked is next at 16%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Killarney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321060/killarney/topic/transport