Kinka Beach · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Kinka Beach

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

Far fewer people work from home in Kinka Beach than in the rest of the country. Most residents rely on cars to get around, with only 3.8% of homes without a motor vehicle. This lack of vehicle-free households is well below the national figure.

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📍 Kinka Beach, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own at least one car, with 53.5% having one and 28.7% having two. The proportion of homes with no motor vehicle fell to 3.8% in 2021, which is a little below the Queensland figure.

3.8% ▼ -51.9%

Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 8.0%
  • 2016: 8.6%
  • 2021: 3.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Kinka Beach, 1 vehicle is the majority at 55%; 2 vehicles is next at 29%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 64.3% of residents. Only 4.1% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0% and a decline from 2011.

4.1% ▼ -41.7%

Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 7.0%
  • 2016: 1.6%
  • 2021: 4.1%

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

1.8% ▼ -59.0%

Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.4%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 1.8%

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 Kinka Beach, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Walked is next at 6%.

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 Kinka Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321061/kinka-beach/topic/transport