8.4% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kalgoorlie · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kalgoorlie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Kalgoorlie than in the rest of the country, with only 2.5% doing so. This stark gap from the national figure reflects a local workforce that mostly needs to be on-site, though the town's public transport infrastructure is surprisingly extensive for its size.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Around 8.4% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 5.0%. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is one vehicle (38.5%) or two (33.8%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Kalgoorlie splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 65.1% as the driver and 7.8% as a passenger. Only 2.2% use public transport, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas despite being a little below the state average.
2.5% ▲ +50.4%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 2.2%
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.
Kalgoorlie has 26 public transport stops and 8 routes, which is larger than about 91% of similar areas. While there are 7.01 stops per 1,000 people—well above the state figure—the number of weekly departures is far below the Western Australian average.
26
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.
7.01
Higher than 86% 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).
517.4
Higher than 79% 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).
8
Higher than 86% 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 the nearest stop is relatively easy here, with a typical walking time of 4 minutes, which is lower than in most other areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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 Kalgoorlie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50712/kalgoorlie/topic/transport