1.7% ▲ +109.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Carramar · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Carramar
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 63% of working residents in Carramar drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. This is a highly vehicle-reliant area where only 1.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 45.5% having two vehicles and 11.9% owning four or more. This high rate of ownership is consistent with the very few homes without a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Carramar, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 7.6% of people doing so. While 3.3% use public transport to commute, which is much higher than most similar areas, it remains a little below the state figure.
7.6% ▲ +119.1%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 consists entirely of buses, with 23 stops and 2 routes, both of which are more than most similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Western Australian figure.
23
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.20
Higher than 70% 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).
746.9
Higher than 83% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 25 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas. It takes a typical resident around 18 minutes to walk to the nearest stop.
18
Higher than 57% 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.
25
Lower than 79% 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 Carramar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50269/carramar/topic/transport