4.2% ▼ -26.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Keith · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Keith
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Cars are essential for daily life in Keith, where almost every household owns at least one vehicle. Very few people rely on public transport to get around, and the typical resident depends on a private car for almost every trip.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have two vehicles, and only 4.2% of households are without a car, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Keith, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one uses public transport to get to work, and only 8.0% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
8.0% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
While Keith has six public transport stops and five bus routes, the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.27
Higher than 75% 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).
23.5
Higher than 60% 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).
5
Higher than 86% 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 a stop is a challenge here, as the walk to the nearest one takes about 73 minutes, which is among the highest times seen in similar areas.
73
Higher than 93% 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.
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 Keith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40674/keith/topic/transport