3.3% ▼ -30.6%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kempsey Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Kempsey Surrounds
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 63% of working residents drive themselves to work in Kempsey Surrounds. This reliance on cars is reflected in the fact that very few homes go without a motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households own multiple cars, with 38.6% having two vehicles and 17.3% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kempsey Surrounds, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.3%. While 13.3% of the workforce now works from home, this is far below the state figure of 31%.
13.3% ▲ +25.5%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
The area has 79 public transport stops, which is more than 80% of similar areas, but services are infrequent. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
79
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.34
Higher than 86% 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).
70.1
Lower than 83% 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).
10
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Kempsey Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108021156/kempsey-surrounds/topic/transport