1.0% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kalaru · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kalaru
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Cars are essential for daily life in Kalaru, where almost every household owns at least one vehicle. This reliance on private transport is clear, as no one in the area uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Vehicle ownership is very high, with 48.2% of homes owning two cars and 7.1% having four or more. Only 1.0% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kalaru, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 65.0% of people as the driver and 4.9% as passengers. Those who don't commute do so from home, though at 15.2% this is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.
15.2% ▲ +218.5%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
While Kalaru has 3 public transport stops and 2 bus routes—more than many similar areas—the service is infrequent. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure of 1,313.6.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.66
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
109.8
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality 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
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes a typical resident about 7 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop.
7
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality 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.
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 Kalaru [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12059/kalaru/topic/transport