6.8% ▼ -22.7%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kewdale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kewdale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people use public transport to get to work in Kewdale than the national figure. This area is well connected, with a high number of transit stops and very short walks to the nearest station. While most residents rely on cars, there is a strong public transport presence here.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most households own one or two cars, with 41.7% having just one and 36.6% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kewdale, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (37%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is 6.9%, which is well above the Australian figure of 3.1%. In contrast, only 5.3% of people work from home, a rate far below the national average.
5.3% ▲ +178.9%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.9% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 6.9%
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.
Kewdale has a very high level of access, with 10.41 stops per 1,000 people, far above the Western Australian figure. The area is served by 16 bus routes and has some of the highest number of weekly departures among similar areas.
77
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.41
Higher than 87% 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).
2,801.8
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).
16
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
8,864
Higher than 57% 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).
124,425
Higher than 84% 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).
53
Lower than 59% 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 to the city is quick, with a typical drive time of only 12 minutes. Residents also enjoy very convenient access to transit, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking just 2 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.
12
Lower than 92% 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 Kewdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50756/kewdale/topic/transport