7.6% ▼ -29.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Karloo · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Karloo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero percent of working residents in Karloo use public transport or work from home. While the area has more bus stops per person than most similar places, almost everyone relies on a car to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.6% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the Western Australian figure. Most households have one or two vehicles, though 10.6% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Karloo splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work, with 77.3% of people driving and another 8.3% travelling as passengers. This is highlighted by the fact that no one in the area works from home or uses public transport for their commute.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 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: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 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.
Karloo has 10.10 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state figure and much higher than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian average.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.10
Higher than 87% 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).
505.1
Higher than 78% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
It takes a typical resident about 11 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for its level.
11
Lower than 53% 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 Karloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50730/karloo/topic/transport