Carabooda - Pinjar · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Carabooda - Pinjar

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

Zero public transport stops are available in Carabooda - Pinjar, making the area almost entirely dependent on cars. This is a very rural setting where the drive to the city takes 114 minutes, which is among the longest travel times for its kind.

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📍 Carabooda - Pinjar, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every home has a car, with only 2.2% of households owning no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, and most residents own multiple cars, with 29.1% having four or more.

2.2%

Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 1.5%
  • 2021: 2.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Carabooda - Pinjar splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (30%) and 4 or more (29%), with 3 vehicles at 22%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here, at 17.5%, which is well above the Western Australian figure. Very few people use public transport to get to work, and that number has fallen to 1.5% since 2016.

17.5%

Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 17.6%
  • 2021: 17.5%

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

1.5%

Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 2.8%
  • 2021: 1.5%

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.

How people get to work

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In Carabooda - Pinjar, Car (driver) is the majority at 62%; Worked at home is next at 22%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is non-existent in this area, with no routes or stops available. This is far below the state average and means very few people can be reached within 45 minutes by transit.

0

Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

0.00

Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).

0.0

Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).

723

Lower than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

723

Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The area is remote, with a typical drive time of 114 minutes to reach the city, which is among the highest for similar areas.

114

Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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)).
  • Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
  • 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 Carabooda - Pinjar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/505031256/carabooda-pinjar/topic/transport