7.2% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Karumba · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Karumba
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero public transport stops define the transport landscape in Karumba, leaving residents to rely almost entirely on private means. While most homes own at least one car, there is a notable gap in the variety of ways people get to work compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.2% of households here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. For those who do own cars, half of all homes have just one vehicle, while 32.3% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Karumba, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 50%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (7%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is a common choice for 20.4% of workers, but only 6.2% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%. No one in the area commutes using public transport.
6.2% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 6.2%
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: 4.4%
- 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 no public transport routes or stops in the area. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Karumba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31492/karumba/topic/transport