3.5% ▼ -49.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kalbarri · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kalbarri
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for daily life in Kalbarri, where the vast majority of households rely on their own vehicles to get around. While the town has some public transport, it is very limited compared to the state average, leaving most people dependent on driving for work and errands.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 40.1% owning two vehicles. Only 3.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Kalbarri splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 50.9% of people commuting as the driver. Very few people work from home at 6.2%, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 21.0%.
6.2% ▼ -26.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▲ +39.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.9%
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.
Bus services are the only form of public transport available, though they are sparse. With only one stop and two routes, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian figure.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.68
Higher than 60% 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).
4.1
Higher than 58% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Accessing public transport can be difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 85 minutes. This is among the highest walking times for this type of area.
85
Higher than 99% 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 Kalbarri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50709/kalbarri/topic/transport