0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kelso · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kelso
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero homes without a car make Kelso stand out compared to the rest of the state. This total reliance on private vehicles is common here, as there are no public transport stops or routes serving the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Kelso has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the Tasmanian and national figures. More than a third of households own two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Kelso splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work, with 64.8% of people driving and 11.1% travelling as passengers. While 11.1% work from home—well above the state figure—no one uses public transport to commute.
11.1% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
Public transport is non-existent here, with zero stops or routes available. This puts Kelso far below the Tasmanian average for transit access.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
The drive time to the city is 169 minutes, which is among the highest for similar areas.
169
Higher than 93% 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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Kelso
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Kelso [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60300/kelso/topic/transport