4.4% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kambalda West · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kambalda West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive gap exists between Kambalda West and the rest of the country when it comes to working from home, with only 1.7% of people doing so. This makes the area far below the national figure of 21%. Most residents rely on cars to get around in this regional setting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, and 39.5% have two. Only 4.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Australian figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kambalda West, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 65% of people as the driver. Very few people work from home, a rate that is far below the 21% national average.
1.7% ▲ +45.4%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.0% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.0%
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.
Public transport is limited to two bus routes. While the number of stops is higher than in many similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the Western Australian average.
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.
1.20
Higher than 62% 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).
5.4
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 stop on foot is a challenge here, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 80 minutes. This is among the highest times recorded for this level of area.
80
Higher than 97% 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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50718/kambalda-west/topic/transport