6.8% —
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kewdale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Kewdale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 63% of workers in Kewdale drive themselves to work. This area is very well connected, with a short 10-minute drive to the city and high levels of public transport access. While cars are common, the local transport network is far more extensive than in most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Around 6.8% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the Western Australian figure. Most households own one or two cars, with 41.7% having one and 36.6% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kewdale, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (37%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is 6.9%, which is well above the national figure. In contrast, only 5.3% of people work from home, a rate far below the Australian average.
5.3% —
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.9% —
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 6.36 stops per 1,000 people and 14 different routes, both of which are much higher than in most similar areas. Weekly departures are also well above the state figure, providing access to over 95,000 people within a 45-minute trip.
47
Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.36
Higher than 77% 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).
2,236.4
Higher than 86% 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).
14
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
33,503
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
95,969
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
47
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is efficient, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 3 minutes. The drive time to the city is just 10 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
3
Lower than 71% 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.
10
Lower than 88% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Kewdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/506021310/kewdale/topic/transport