2.5% ▲ +20.9%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Keilor Lodge · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Keilor Lodge
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer than 3% of homes in Keilor Lodge lack a motor vehicle, which is a much lower rate than across Australia. This reliance on cars is reflected in the local commute, where over half of the workforce drives to work and very few use public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 44.1% having two vehicles and 15.3% owning four or more. Only 2.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national rate of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Keilor Lodge, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 25.4% of people doing so, which is well above the Australian figure. Only 1.3% of workers use public transport, a rate that is a little below the state and national averages.
25.4% ▲ +933.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -69.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 1.3%
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.
The area has 7 public transport stops and 4 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, it takes 84 minutes to reach the city by transit, among the highest times for this level of area.
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.
4.20
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).
515.0
Higher than 79% 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).
16,910
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
16,910
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
84
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is relatively quick by car, with a 20-minute drive time that is much lower than most areas. Residents also live very close to transit, with a walk to the nearest stop taking only 3 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
20
Lower than 83% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Keilor Lodge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21317/keilor-lodge/topic/transport