2.1% ▼ -24.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Karrabin · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Karrabin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Karrabin has a car, with just 2.1% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, reflecting a community that relies heavily on private transport for daily needs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high here, with 22.1% of homes owning four or more vehicles and 32.4% owning two. This explains why the proportion of homes without a car is much lower than in Queensland and across Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Karrabin, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 33%, followed by 4 or more (23%) and 1 vehicle (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work for 68% of residents, while 10.2% work from home. This work-from-home rate is far below the national figure of 21%, and no one in the area commutes using public transport.
10.2% ▲ +32.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 10.2%
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: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 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.
Karrabin has 4.81 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Queensland figure. While there are 8 routes and 2 stops—all served by trains—very few people can reach other areas within 30 to 45 minutes using these services.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.81
Higher than 77% 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).
843.8
Higher than 85% 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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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).
8,268
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality 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 drive time to the city is 37 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas. Residents typically walk about 16 minutes to reach the nearest transport stop.
16
Higher than 54% 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.
37
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality 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 Karrabin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31489/karrabin/topic/transport