0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Karakin · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Karakin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all Karakin households own two motor vehicles, reflecting a deep reliance on cars for daily life. The area is almost entirely dependent on private transport, with no one using public transit to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Karakin has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4% without a car. Most homes have two vehicles, while 15% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Karakin, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 4 or more (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, as 53.5% of people drive themselves. About 16.3% of the workforce works from home, which is well above the Western Australian average.
16.3% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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 stops or routes in Karakin. This means weekly departures are far below the state figure of 1,623 per 1,000 people.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city is a significant trip, with a typical drive time of 92 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.
92
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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).
More for Karakin
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Karakin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50722/karakin/topic/transport