Keppel Sands · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Keppel Sands

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Most areas like this one rely heavily on cars, and Keppel Sands (L) is no different. The community has seen a steady rise in vehicle ownership, with only 3.3% of homes now without a motor vehicle.

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📍 Keppel Sands, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Vehicle ownership is common here, as 76% of homes have two or more cars. This means far fewer households are without a vehicle compared to the national figure of 7.4%.

3.3% ▼ -61.5%

Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 8.7%
  • 2016: 9.6%
  • 2021: 3.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Keppel Sands splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport use has vanished since 2011 and now stands at 0.0%. Most people drive themselves to work, while the 3.6% who work from home is far below the national figure of 21.0%.

3.6% ▼ -33.4%

Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.5%
  • 2016: 10.2%
  • 2021: 3.6%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.1%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Keppel Sands, Car (driver) is the majority at 84%; Walked is next at 8%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Keppel Sands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322069/keppel-sands/topic/transport