2.8% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kalamunda · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Kalamunda
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Kalamunda relies on a car to get around, with only 2.8% of households having no motor vehicle. This heavy reliance on driving is a key part of daily life, as the typical trip to the city takes about 63 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, and the typical home has two vehicles. Only 2.8% of households have no car, which is well below the 7.4% national figure and barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kalamunda, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 67.5% of people commuting as drivers. Only 7.4% of people work from home, which is far below the 21.0% national figure.
7.4% ▲ +78.1%
Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% ▼ -29.2%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 2.6%
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.
Kalamunda has 7.47 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 5.48. The network is almost entirely based on buses, which make up 98.8% of the services.
439
Higher than 82% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.47
Higher than 90% 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).
1,503.6
Higher than 86% 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).
17
Higher than 66% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is around 63 minutes, a figure that sits in the middle for areas of this type.
63
Higher than 53% of council (lga) 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Kalamunda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA54200/kalamunda/topic/transport