7.8% ▼ -47.1%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Kempsey · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in South Kempsey
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Most people in South Kempsey rely on cars, with 67.3% of workers driving to their jobs. While the area has more public transport stops than most similar places, very few people actually use these services for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, though 7.8% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, although it is about the same as the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →South Kempsey splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport for work, at just 0.5%. Working from home is also far less common here than in the state or national figures, with only 6.9% doing so.
6.9% ▲ +46.9%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▲ —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
South Kempsey has 17 public transport stops and 4 routes, which is more than about 85% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.53
Higher than 84% 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).
111.0
Higher than 70% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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 public transport is a challenge in this area, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 31 minutes. This is higher than in most similar areas.
31
Higher than 67% 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 South Kempsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13604/south-kempsey/topic/transport