5.5% ▲ +68.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
East Carnarvon · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in East Carnarvon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Travel habits in East Carnarvon have remained largely stable over the last decade, with most people relying on private cars. While 44.1% of homes have two vehicles, a small number of households have no car at all. Public transport use is higher here than the national figure, though very few people work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 44.1% have two. However, 5.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In East Carnarvon, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, but 4.7% of people use public transport, which is among the highest for this level. Very few people work from home at 2.8%, a figure far below the national average.
2.8% ▼ -37.3%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.7% ▼ -31.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 4.7%
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.
With 12 stops and one bus route, the number of stops per 1,000 people is far above the Western Australian figure. Despite this, the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
15.04
Higher than 90% 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).
131.6
Higher than 72% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Getting to a stop is easy for residents, with a typical walk of just 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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 East Carnarvon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50454/east-carnarvon/topic/transport