7.9% ▼ -34.5%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Keswick · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Keswick
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 5,100 weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people make Keswick an exceptionally well-served area. This high level of connectivity is reflected in the way people travel, with public transport use far exceeding both state and national figures. It is a highly accessible hub where most residents live just a short walk from transit links.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.9% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Nearly half of all households rely on a single vehicle, while 31.2% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Keswick, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is a popular choice for 9.9% of workers, a figure well above the national average of 3.1%. In contrast, only 8.1% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
8.1% ▲ +493.5%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
9.9% ▼ -43.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 9.9%
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.
Keswick has 24 public transport routes and 9 stops, putting it among the best-connected areas for transit. There are 11.94 stops per 1,000 people, far above the South Australian figure of 4.96.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
11.94
Higher than 88% 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).
5,132.6
Higher 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).
24
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
121,262
Higher than 83% 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).
29
Lower than 93% 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.
The area is very close to the city, with a typical drive time of only 4 minutes. Residents also enjoy quick access to transport, with a typical 4-minute walk to the nearest stop.
4
Lower than 71% 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 Keswick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40685/keswick/topic/transport