3.4% —
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Karratha · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Karratha
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people live without a car in Karratha than in most other parts of Australia. Only 3.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, reflecting a heavy reliance on private transport in this region. This dependency is clear in the way people get to work and the limited public transport options available.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are essential here, with 44.8% of homes owning two vehicles and 26.5% owning three or more. The number of homes without a vehicle has fallen slightly since 2016 and remains well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Karratha, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 67.2% of people being the driver. Very few people work from home at 2.5%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
2.5% —
Lower than 95% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% —
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 very limited, with only 20 stops and 2 routes across the area. This explains why the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian figure.
20
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.90
Lower than 72% 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).
14.8
Lower 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).
2
Lower than 67% 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 Karratha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA54310/karratha/topic/transport