7.4% ▼ -40.6%
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kempsey · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Kempsey
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Kempsey than in other parts of the country, with only 5.8% doing so. Most residents rely heavily on cars to get around, though the area has a relatively high number of public transport stops compared to similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least one car, and 33.9% have two. The proportion of homes without a motor vehicle is 7.4%, which is about the same as the national figure and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Kempsey splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Reliance on cars is high, with 69.1% of workers driving to their jobs. Very few people use public transport for their commute (0.4%), and the number of people working from home is far below the state and national figures.
5.8% ▲ +25.1%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -54.0%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
While Kempsey has 94 public transport stops—more than 87% of similar areas—the number of weekly departures is far below the state average. Buses make up nearly all of the public transport services here.
94
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.00
Higher than 73% 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).
147.4
Lower than 78% 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).
39
Higher than 87% 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.
It takes about 5 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for areas of this level.
5
Higher than 50% 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.
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 Kempsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108021155/kempsey/topic/transport