3.0% ▼ -29.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Paraburdoo · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Paraburdoo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly one in three workers in Paraburdoo rely on buses to get to work, a figure far above the national average. This reliance on company-style transport is a standout feature of the town, where very few people work from home. While most households have their own cars, the community depends heavily on organised transit for daily commutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one motor vehicle, with 48% owning one and 30% owning two. Only 3% of households have no vehicle, which is a little below the Western Australian figure of 5%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Paraburdoo, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
A striking 30.3% of people commute by public transport, which is far above the 3.1% national figure. This is consistent with the fact that only 1.3% of residents work from home, a rate far below the Australian average of 21%.
1.3% ▲ +92.6%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
30.3% ▲ +40.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 30.3%
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.
Despite the high use of buses for work, there are no public transport stops or routes available to the general public. This puts the area far below the Western Australian figure for transit access.
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).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Paraburdoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51201/paraburdoo/topic/transport