2.1% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kealy · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kealy
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people work from home in Kealy, with only 3.6% of the workforce doing so. This is far below the national figure of 21%. Most residents rely on private cars for their daily travel, though public transport options are more available here than in many similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home has a car, and about 41% of households own two vehicles. Only 2.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Kealy splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (40%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 67.1% of people as the driver. Only 2% use public transport, which is much higher than most similar areas but still a little below the state figure.
3.6% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
Kealy has more public transport stops and routes than about 74% of similar areas. However, with only 140.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people, this is far below the Western Australian figure.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.68
Higher than 68% 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).
140.3
Higher than 72% 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.
Residents typically walk for 16 minutes to reach their nearest public transport stop, a timeframe that is around the middle for its level.
16
Higher than 54% 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 Kealy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50745/kealy/topic/transport