3.4% ▼ -16.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Keira · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Keira
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people are working from home in Mount Keira than in most similar areas, with 29.1% of workers doing so. This shift towards remote work defines a community where cars remain the primary way to move around, though very few households lack a vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes lack a motor vehicle, at just 3.4%, which is well below the national figure. Most households own two cars, while 11.1% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount Keira, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost 30% of people work from home, which is well above the Australian figure. Only 0.9% use public transport for their commute, a rate that is a little below the state and national figures.
29.1% ▲ +725.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -61.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
Bus services make up 100% of the public transport options here. While the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains far below the New South Wales figure.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.14
Higher than 74% 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).
674.2
Higher than 82% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Getting to the city takes about 61 minutes by car. It is a long walk for many, with the time to reach the nearest stop being higher than in most areas at 39 minutes.
39
Higher than 73% 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.
61
Lower than 55% 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 Mount Keira [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12779/mount-keira/topic/transport