2.7% ▼ -43.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kalimna · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kalimna
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Cars are essential for daily life in Kalimna, where almost every household owns at least one vehicle. This heavy reliance on driving is reflected in the fact that no one uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost all homes have a car, with 37.3% owning two vehicles and 36.1% owning one. Only 2.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much lower than the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Kalimna splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 69.5% of people as the main driver. Very few people work from home at 6.0%, which is far below the 21.0% typical across Australia.
6.0% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 6.0%
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: 0.9%
- 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.
There are 15 public transport stops and 4 routes, which is more than about 85% of similar areas. However, the 236.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
11.11
Higher than 88% 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).
236.3
Higher than 73% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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 about 15 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for this level of area.
15
Higher than 53% 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 Kalimna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21282/kalimna/topic/transport