4.9% ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kalgoorlie-Boulder · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Kalgoorlie-Boulder
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car travel is the primary way people move around Kalgoorlie-Boulder, with nearly 70% of workers driving themselves to work. Most homes rely heavily on vehicles, and very few people work from home compared to the rest of the country. This creates a transport landscape where private cars are essential for daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 39.5% have two. Only 4.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure and slightly lower than the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kalgoorlie-Boulder, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very uncommon here, at just 2.5%, which is far below the national figure of 21%. While 2.5% of people use public transport to get to work, this is higher than most similar areas.
2.5% ▲ +38.5%
Lower than 95% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.5% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 2.5%
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.
Kalgoorlie-Boulder has more public transport stops and routes than many similar areas, with 148 stops and 8 routes. However, the 320.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian figure.
148
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.05
Higher than 73% 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).
320.3
Higher than 66% 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).
8
Higher than 52% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Kalgoorlie-Boulder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA54280/kalgoorlie-boulder/topic/transport