13.6% ▼ -28.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Kembla · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Port Kembla
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership has shifted in Port Kembla, where 13.6% of homes now have no motor vehicle. This is well above the national figure and among the highest for similar areas. While the area is well-served by public transport, most residents still rely on cars or work from home to get through their day.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 13.6% of households do not own a car, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. For those who do, 37.7% of homes have one vehicle and 32.7% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Port Kembla splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with No vehicle at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive to work, while 20.2% work from home, a figure that is about the same as the national average. Only 1.2% of people use public transport for their commute, which is a little below the state and national figures.
20.2% ▲ +897.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -66.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
Port Kembla has very strong transit links, with 42 public transport stops and 7 routes. The number of stops per 1,000 people is well above the New South Wales figure, and nearly 90% of these services are buses.
42
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.25
Higher than 86% 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).
1,318.0
Higher than 88% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 16 minutes. For those travelling to the city, the usual drive time is 70 minutes.
16
Higher than 54% 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 Port Kembla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13257/port-kembla/topic/transport