0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kennett River · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kennett River
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Kennett River relies on a car to get around, with 100% of households owning at least one vehicle. While public transport options are available, the long distance to the city makes private travel the only practical choice for most residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, with every single home owning at least one vehicle. This is well below the Victorian and national figures, where about 7% of homes have no motor vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Kennett River splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (32%), with 3 vehicles at 32%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 62.5% of residents. Another 21.9% work from home, which is higher than most similar areas, while no one uses public transport to commute.
21.9% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 21.9%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 27.03 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average. All services here are buses, and the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is much higher than most similar areas.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
27.03
Higher than 96% 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).
1,135.1
Higher than 87% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 city is a significant journey, with a typical drive time of 190 minutes. This is among the highest drive times for areas at this level.
190
Higher than 97% 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 Kennett River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21325/kennett-river/topic/transport