McKellars Park · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in McKellars Park

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

Zero people use public transport to get to work in McKellars Park, making it a place almost entirely dependent on cars. Most homes have at least one vehicle, and the typical drive to the city takes a very long 111 minutes.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are essential here, as only 3.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales average. About 41% of households own two vehicles.

3.5% ▼ -63.6%

Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.6%
  • 2016: 6.2%
  • 2021: 3.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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McKellars Park splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (40%), with 4 or more at 9%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 62.5% of residents. While 17.7% of people work from home, this is far below the 31% seen across New South Wales.

17.7% ▲ +513.9%

Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9%
  • 2016: 7.1%
  • 2021: 17.7%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9%
  • 2016: 3.1%
  • 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 McKellars Park, Car (driver) is the majority at 74%; Worked at home is next at 21%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is non-existent in the area, with no stops or routes available. This is far below the state figure for transport access.

0.00

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.

It takes a typical resident 111 minutes to drive to the city, which is much higher than most areas. Despite the lack of local stops, the walk to the nearest one takes about 8 minutes.

8

Lower than 57% 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.

111

Higher than 75% 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 McKellars Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12554/mckellars-park/topic/transport