0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Carabooda · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Carabooda
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero homes without a car defines the transport landscape in Carabooda, where vehicle ownership is far more common than in the rest of Australia. While the area is largely dependent on cars, nearly 17% of the workforce now operates from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Carabooda owns at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures for households without a car. Most homes are heavily equipped, with 62% owning three or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Carabooda splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (30%) and 4 or more (30%), with 3 vehicles at 26%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly half of workers drive to work, though 16.9% work from home, a figure well above the Western Australian average. A small number of people use public transport for their commute, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
16.9% ▲ +86.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.8% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 2.8%
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.
Public transport is almost non-existent here, with no stops or routes serving the area. This leaves Carabooda far below the state average for transit access and departures per 1,000 people.
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).
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 to the city takes about 31 minutes, which is lower than most areas. However, getting to the nearest transport stop on foot takes 58 minutes, a walk that is much longer than in most other places.
58
Higher than 84% 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.
31
Lower than 73% 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 Carabooda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50255/carabooda/topic/transport