3.5% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kelso · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Kelso
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only one public transport route serves Kelso, making it an area where residents rely heavily on their own cars. Very few people here work from home or use public transit, with the vast majority choosing to drive to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high, with 39.5% of homes owning two vehicles and 26.1% owning three or more. Only 3.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kelso, 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.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 71.9% of residents. Very few people work from home at 3.9%, a figure far below the Queensland average of 14.1%, and only 1.2% use public transport.
3.9% ▲ +129.6%
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -42.2%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
Public transport access is very limited, with only 15 stops and a number of departures per 1,000 people (331.6) that is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7. All available services are buses.
15
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.40
Lower than 84% 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).
331.6
Lower than 68% 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).
1
Lower than 93% 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 Kelso [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/318021480/kelso/topic/transport