4.5% ▼ -30.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Carnarvon · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Carnarvon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
High levels of public transport access set Carnarvon apart from most similar areas. While the town has many transit stops, most people still rely on cars or walking to get around, with only 5.1% using public transport for their commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, with 58.2% having one vehicle and 34.3% having two. Only 4.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Carnarvon, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 50%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is a popular choice for 17.7% of workers, while 58.2% drive. Working from home is uncommon here; at 7.6%, this is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
7.6% ▲ +160.8%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.1% ▲ +73.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 5.1%
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.
The town has 28.47 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 5.48. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
28.47
Higher than 97% 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).
373.7
Higher than 76% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
Public transport consists entirely of buses. It takes about 17 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, a time that is around the middle for similar areas.
17
Higher than 56% 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 Carnarvon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50267/carnarvon/topic/transport