1.7% ▲ —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kembla Grange · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kembla Grange
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of all homes in Kembla Grange have two motor vehicles, making the area very car-dependent. While public transport options are surprisingly numerous, almost no one uses them for the daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households get by without a car, with only 1.7% of homes having no vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kembla Grange, 2 vehicles is the majority at 55%; 1 vehicle is next at 19%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost no one uses public transport to get to work, with 0.0% of workers doing so. Instead, 57.0% drive and 22.8% work from home, which is a little above the Australian figure.
22.8% ▲ +192.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Despite low usage, the area has 17 stops and 7 routes, which is more than about 86% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the New South Wales figure.
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
11.71
Higher than 88% 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).
2,154.3
Higher than 92% 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).
7
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.
It takes about 70 minutes to drive to the city. A walk to the nearest public transport stop typically takes around 14 minutes.
14
Higher than 51% 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.
70
Higher than 50% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Kembla Grange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12100/kembla-grange/topic/transport