2.4% ▼ -49.5%
Lower than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Carnamah · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Carnamah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes are without a car in Carnamah than across Australia. Only 2.4% of households lack a motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011. This reliance on private cars is reflected in the way most people travel for work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 40.6% owning two and 11.3% owning four or more. This high rate of ownership explains why the 2.4% of homes without a vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Carnamah, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 4 or more (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 58.3% of residents. While 10.3% of people work from home, this is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
10.3% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▲ +74.6%
Higher than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 limited to buses, with only 3 routes and 3 stops serving the area. While there are 5.43 stops per 1,000 people, the number of weekly departures is far below the Western Australian figure.
3
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.43
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
39.9
Lower than 55% of council (lga) 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
Lower than 62% of council (lga) 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Carnamah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51470/carnamah/topic/transport