2.5% ▲ +201.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kettering · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kettering
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Eleven public transport stops serve Kettering, which is more than 82% of similar areas. Most people here rely on their own cars, but there are far more transport stops per person than the Tasmanian average. This creates a mix of high vehicle ownership and relatively good access to bus services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households lack a car, with only 2.5% having none, a figure well below both the state and national averages. Most homes are well-equipped for travel, as 43.8% have two vehicles and 22.2% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kettering, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 60.9% of workers drive themselves to work, while 12.9% work from home. This work-from-home rate is well above the Tasmanian figure, though it remains well below the national average.
12.9% ▲ +79.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▲ +194.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.1%
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.
Kettering has 11.66 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. While the area has more routes and stops than most similar places, the number of weekly departures per person is far below the Tasmanian figure.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
11.66
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).
439.0
Higher than 77% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
A 30-minute drive to the city is lower than in most similar areas. For those using public transport, the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 18 minutes.
18
Higher than 57% 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.
30
Lower than 74% 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 Kettering
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Kettering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60302/kettering/topic/transport