0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kirup · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kirup
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Kirup now has a motor vehicle, reflecting a strong reliance on cars for daily travel. While the area has a high number of public transport stops for its size, the actual frequency of services remains very low.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Kirup has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the 5% of homes without one in Western Australia. Over half of all households own two or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kirup, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, and 12.2% walk. Very few people work from home at 3.7%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
3.7% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 12.82 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the Western Australian 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.
12.82
Higher than 89% 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).
141.0
Higher than 72% 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 the nearest transport stop takes a long time, with a typical walk of 85 minutes. This is among the highest for similar areas.
85
Higher than 99% 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 Kirup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50768/kirup/topic/transport