17.6% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kelvin Grove · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kelvin Grove
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people live without a car in Kelvin Grove than in most other areas, with 17.6% of homes having no motor vehicle. This reflects a lifestyle where high public transport access and a short 4-minute drive to the city make private cars less necessary for daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 17.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the Queensland (5.8%) and Australian (7.4%) rates. Just over half of all households keep one vehicle, while 23.6% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kelvin Grove, 1 vehicle is the majority at 51%; 2 vehicles is next at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is 12%, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. Working from home is also common at 20.6%, a rate higher than most areas and well above the Queensland average of 14.1%.
20.6% ▲ +462.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
12.0% ▼ -35.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 12.0%
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 is exceptionally well-served, with 3.79 stops per 1,000 people and 2,356.6 weekly departures—far above the state figure of 720.7. There are 28 bus routes, and the typical trip to the city takes only 21 minutes.
30
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.79
Higher than 73% 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).
2,356.6
Higher than 94% 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).
28
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
47,986
Higher than 87% 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).
296,597
Higher than 88% 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).
21
Lower than 99% 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.
Daily trips are very efficient, with a typical 1-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is just 4 minutes, which is among the lowest for similar areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
4
Lower than 99% 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 Kelvin Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31500/kelvin-grove/topic/transport