5.3% ▼ -18.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kelso · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kelso
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 69% of workers in Kelso drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars. While most homes have at least one vehicle, the area provides surprisingly good physical access to bus stops compared to similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 42.7% having two vehicles. Only 5.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas but still a little below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kelso, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here at 10%, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 31%. Very few people use public transport for their commute, with only 0.2% doing so.
10.0% ▲ +298.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -62.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
Kelso has a high number of bus stops and routes, with 7.77 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state figure. However, the number of weekly departures per person is far below the New South Wales average.
78
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.77
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
535.9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality 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).
15
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Residents are lucky to be close to transport, with a much lower walk to the nearest stop than most areas, typically just 3 minutes. In contrast, the drive time to the city is among the highest at this level, taking about 150 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality 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.
150
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality 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).
More for Kelso
Cite this page
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/sal/SAL12098/kelso/topic/transport