2.0% ▲ +42.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Kembla · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Kembla
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost half of all homes in Mount Kembla have two motor vehicles, making cars the dominant way to get around. This reliance on private transport is clear, as 33.4% of the workforce now works from home, far above the national figure of 21.0%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few people here get by without a car, with only 2.0% of homes owning no vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount Kembla, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (20%) and 4 or more (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Private cars are the primary way to travel, as no one in the area commutes by public transport. This is consistent with a high number of residents working from home, which is much higher than in most other areas.
33.4% ▲ +709.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 33.4%
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: 0.6%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 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.
While Mount Kembla has a high number of stops per 1,000 people compared to the state, the actual number of weekly departures is far below the New South Wales average. All available public transport is provided by buses.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
13.85
Higher than 89% 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).
415.5
Higher than 77% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 7 minutes. From the area, the drive time to the city is around 69 minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
69
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 Mount Kembla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12780/mount-kembla/topic/transport