71.1% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.4%
- 2016: 48.8%
- 2021: 71.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kalumburu · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kalumburu
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Walking is the primary way to get around Kalumburu, where 71.1% of homes do not have a motor vehicle. This lack of car ownership is far above the national figure of 7.4%, making it one of the highest rates for the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here do not own a car, with 71.1% having no vehicle. This is far above the Western Australian rate of 5.0%, while only 21.7% of homes have a single car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kalumburu, No vehicle is the majority at 71%; 1 vehicle is next at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is mostly done on foot, with 79.2% of people walking. No one in the area works from home or uses public transport, which is far below the national figures.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
There are no public transport routes, stops, or departures in the area. This puts Kalumburu far below the Western Australian average for transit access.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Kalumburu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50716/kalumburu/topic/transport