3.6% ▼ -52.5%
Lower than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kavel · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Kavel
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Kavel than across the state, with only 3.6% of households without a vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is a key feature of the area's transport landscape, where private vehicle use dominates daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, and 41.5% have two. The proportion of households without a vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4% and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kavel, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has risen to 11.5% since 2011, though this is still well below the Australian figure of 21%. Most people drive to work, while only 2.2% use public transport.
11.5% ▲ +271.7%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▼ -29.3%
Lower than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 2.2%
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.
While Kavel has more public transport routes than 82% of similar areas, service frequency is far below the South Australian figure. All public transport is provided by buses, with 593 weekly departures per 1,000 people.
172
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.50
Lower 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).
593.0
Lower than 66% 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).
44
Higher than 80% 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 Kavel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40025/kavel/topic/transport