3.2% ▲ +37.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kambalda East · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kambalda East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people use public transport to get to work in Kambalda East than in most similar areas. While the vast majority of residents rely on cars, the area has a higher rate of public transport use than the national figure. This is a car-dependent community where very few people work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 37.1% owning one and 31.7% owning two. Only 3.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Western Australian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kambalda East, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 66.7% of people as the driver. A small number of residents work from home at 2.3%, which is far below the national figure.
2.3% ▲ —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.2% ▼ -30.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 4.2%
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.
Buses provide the only public transport here, with two routes and two stops. While the number of stops is higher than in about 72% of similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.49
Higher than 67% 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).
8.7
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.
Getting to a public transport stop takes longer here than in most similar areas, with a typical walk of 37 minutes.
37
Higher than 72% 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 Kambalda East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50717/kambalda-east/topic/transport