11.0% ▼ -34.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
West Kempsey · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in West Kempsey
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Dependence on cars is a key part of daily life in West Kempsey, where 69.7% of workers drive themselves to work. While public transport options are available, very few people actually use them, and far fewer work from home compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Australian figure of 7.4%. Most households rely on one or two cars, with 46% owning a single vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In West Kempsey, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, at just 2.9%, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Only 0.6% of people commute by public transport, a figure slightly below the New South Wales average.
2.9% ▼ -25.8%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -56.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
West Kempsey has 34 stops and 10 routes, meaning there are 6.7 stops per 1,000 people, well above the state average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
34
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.
6.70
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).
173.5
Higher than 72% 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).
10
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.
Getting to the nearest stop is relatively easy, as the typical walk takes only 4 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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 West Kempsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14264/west-kempsey/topic/transport