Kingston SE · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Kingston SE

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

Zero percent of workers use public transport in Kingston SE, showing a massive gap compared to the rest of the state and country. Most people here rely on their own cars to get around. The area is heavily car-dependent, with very few people working from home.

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📍 Kingston SE, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are common, as 38.2% of homes have two vehicles and 17.8% have three or more. Only 5.3% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.

5.3% ▲ +7.3%

Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.9%
  • 2016: 4.9%
  • 2021: 5.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Kingston SE splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 63.2% of people as the main driver. Only 5.1% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21% and has actually fallen since 2011.

5.1% ▼ -24.0%

Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 6.7%
  • 2016: 6.2%
  • 2021: 5.1%

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 Kingston SE, Car (driver) is the majority at 78%; Car (passenger) is next at 8%.

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 Kingston SE [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415018/kingston-se/topic/transport