5.2% —
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kew (Southern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Kew (Southern Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has surged to 38.6% of the workforce in Kew (Southern Metropolitan), marking a massive 32 point increase since 2016. This shift defines the local travel landscape, as more residents avoid the daily commute. The area remains well connected, with public transport services far exceeding the Victorian average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 40.7% owning two vehicles. Only 5.2% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little below the Victorian average and has barely changed since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Kew (Southern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The way people get to work has shifted dramatically; while 38.6% now work from home, those using public transport fell by 9.6 points since 2016 to just 3.1%. Driving as the sole driver is now just as common as working from home, both sitting at 38.6%.
38.6% —
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% —
Higher than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 3.1%
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.
Public transport access is excellent, with 2,205.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian figure. The network consists of 301 stops and 35 routes, split between buses (56.3%) and trams (43.7%).
301
Higher than 61% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.70
Higher than 52% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
2,205.3
Higher than 88% of state electorate 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).
35
Higher than 69% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Kew (Southern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED24006/kew/topic/transport