0.5% —
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Karnup · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Karnup
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few homes in Karnup are without a car, with only 0.5% lacking a vehicle. This reliance on private transport is high, as the area has almost no public transport options and a long trek to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are essential here, as the 0.5% of homes without a vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own two cars, while 17.2% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Karnup, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The vast majority of workers drive, with 61.5% commuting as the driver. Only 1.6% use public transport, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 4.7%.
8.6% —
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% —
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 just one stop and one route serving the area. This results in only 0.48 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the state figure of 5.48.
1
Lower than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.48
Lower than 95% 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).
182.3
Lower than 76% 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).
1
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
2,096
Lower than 95% 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).
2,096
Lower than 97% 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.
Getting around without a car is difficult, with a 71-minute walk to the nearest stop being among the highest for similar areas. The drive time to the city is also higher than most areas at 37 minutes.
71
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
37
Higher than 65% 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 Karnup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/507051314/karnup/topic/transport