Karragullen · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Karragullen

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every single household in Karragullen owns a car, a figure well below the national average for homes without a vehicle. This heavy reliance on private transport is clear, as there are no public transport stops in the area. Most residents face a nearly hour-long drive to reach the city.

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📍 Karragullen, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

No homes in Karragullen are without a motor vehicle. Car ownership is high, with 87.4% of households owning two or more vehicles, including 23% that have four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Karragullen, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 4 or more (23%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, while 9.9% work from home, which is a little above the state figure but far below the national average. Only 1.4% of workers use public transport, though this is much higher than in most similar areas.

9.9% ▼ -28.7%

Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 13.8%
  • 2016: 12.3%
  • 2021: 9.9%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.4% ▼ -3.2%

Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.5%
  • 2016: 2.0%
  • 2021: 1.4%

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.

How people get to work

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In Karragullen, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Worked at home is next at 12%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in Karragullen. This means zero people can be reached by transit within 45 minutes, leaving the area far below the state average for service access.

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.

How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The drive to the city typically takes 59 minutes. Because there is no local transit, the walk to the nearest stop is 81 minutes, which is among the highest for this type of area.

81

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.

59

Lower than 57% 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)).
  • Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
  • 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 Karragullen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50732/karragullen/topic/transport