Kielvale · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Kielvale

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every single household in Kielvale owns a car, which is a far higher rate than the New South Wales average. This heavy reliance on private vehicles is clear, as the area has no public transport options and a very low number of people working from home.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%. Most households have at least two cars, with 44.6% owning exactly two.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Kielvale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

The vast majority of workers rely on cars, and only 9.4% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%. No one in the area commutes using public transport.

9.4% ▼ -30.2%

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 13.4%
  • 2016: 5.3%
  • 2021: 9.4%

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.

How people get to work

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In Kielvale, Car (driver) is the majority at 83%; Worked at home is next at 12%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is non-existent here, with zero routes or stops available. This means the area is far below the New South Wales average for transport access.

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Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the nearest transport stop is a significant challenge, with a typical walk of 52 minutes, which is much higher than in most similar areas.

52

Higher than 81% 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.

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 Kielvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12130/kielvale/topic/transport