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.
Kingston SE · Urban Centre
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.
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.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kingston SE splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
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.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of urban centre 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.
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