2.0% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Horsley - Kembla Grange · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Horsley - Kembla Grange
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has surged in Horsley - Kembla Grange, jumping 20 percentage points since 2011 to reach 22.3%. This shift is part of a broader reliance on private transport, with only 2% of homes without a motor vehicle. Most residents depend on cars to get around, as very few use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 47.6% of homes owning two vehicles and only 2% having none. This lack of car-free households is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% and has barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Horsley - Kembla Grange, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.6%, which is much lower than most areas. While 22.3% now work from home, this is well below the state average of 31%.
22.3% ▲ +908.9%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -75.7%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
There are 64 public transport stops and 7 routes, which is more than half of similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the state figure of 1,313.6, and all services are buses.
64
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.27
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
868.7
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
7
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A one-minute walk to the nearest stop is much lower than most areas. In contrast, the 72-minute drive time to the city is much higher than in most other places.
1
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
72
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Horsley - Kembla Grange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/107011132/horsley-kembla-grange/topic/transport