Karangi · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Karangi

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

Every single household in Karangi has at least one motor vehicle, making cars essential for daily life. This high level of vehicle ownership is far above the national figure, where around 7% of homes have no car at all.

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📍 Karangi, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are common here, with 43.8% of homes owning two vehicles and another 35.8% having three or more. This explains why no homes in the area are without a motor vehicle.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Karangi, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, with 71.4% as the driver. Only 10.8% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%, and no one uses public transport to get to their job.

10.8% ▲ +71.3%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.3%
  • 2016: 7.4%
  • 2021: 10.8%

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: 1.2%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Karangi, Car (driver) is the majority at 78%; Worked at home is next at 12%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport routes or stops in the area. This means the number of weekly departures and stops per 1,000 people is far below the state average.

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Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the nearest transport stop takes a long time, with a typical walk of 87 minutes. This is among the highest times recorded for areas at this level.

87

Higher than 99% 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 Karangi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12080/karangi/topic/transport