Kelvin View · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Kelvin View

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Zero homes without a car highlights the total reliance on private vehicles in Kelvin View. This rural area stands out for its high rate of remote work, with 32.5% of people working from home, far above the national figure of 21%.

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📍 Kelvin View, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is universal here, as 0.0% of homes lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures. Most households are well-equipped, with 48.1% owning two vehicles and 40.7% owning three.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Kelvin View, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (32%) and 1 vehicle (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common at 32.5%, which is well above the Victorian average. This helps explain why no one uses public transport to get to work, with 57.5% of residents driving themselves.

32.5%

Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 16.0%
  • 2021: 32.5%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Kelvin View, Car (driver) is the majority at 59%; Worked at home is next at 33%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area, leaving it far below the Victorian average for transit access. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people.

0.00

Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The trip to the city is very long, with a drive time of 114 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.

114

Higher than 77% 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 Kelvin View [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21321/kelvin-view/topic/transport