4.9% ▼ -32.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Kalgoorlie · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in South Kalgoorlie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1.8% of workers in South Kalgoorlie work from home, making it an area where almost everyone must travel for their jobs. Most people rely on their own cars, although public transport options are more available here than in many similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 38% of households have two vehicles, while 4.9% have none. This lack of a car is about the same as the Western Australian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In South Kalgoorlie, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 68.2% of people as the driver. Very few people work from home compared to the rest of Australia, where the figure is 21%.
1.8% ▲ +29.7%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% ▲ +31.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.0%
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.
The area has 17 public transport stops and 2 routes, which is more than most similar places. However, the 242.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.85
Higher than 73% 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).
242.5
Higher than 74% 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 a transit stop is easy for residents, with a typical walk of only 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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 South Kalgoorlie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51373/south-kalgoorlie/topic/transport