6.2% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kew · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kew
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 10-minute drive to the city and a 2-minute walk to the nearest stop make Kew one of the most connected areas in the region. Daily life here is marked by a very high rate of working from home and exceptional access to public transport services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. Most households own one or two vehicles, with 40.9% having one and 37.9% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Kew splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is incredibly common here, with 40.1% of people doing so—a figure far above the national average of 21.0%. The remaining workforce mostly relies on cars, as 35.9% drive to work.
40.1% ▲ +537.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 40.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▼ -76.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 3.1%
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.
Kew has a huge amount of transport infrastructure, with 117 stops and 20 routes. This provides a high level of service, with 2,753.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian figure.
117
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.78
Higher than 77% 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).
2,753.1
Higher than 96% 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).
20
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
71,223
Higher than 88% 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).
192,111
Higher than 87% 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).
49
Lower than 66% 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 around is very easy, as the walk to the nearest stop takes just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive to the city is also very quick, typically taking only 10 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
10
Lower than 95% 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 Kew [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21336/kew/topic/transport