2.1% ▼ -63.6%
Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Carine (North Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Carine (North Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 2.1% of homes in Carine have no motor vehicle, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This makes the suburb very car-reliant, with the vast majority of residents using a vehicle for their daily needs. While public transport access is better than in most areas, the heavy reliance on cars remains the dominant story.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own multiple cars, with 48.7% having two and another 23.8% owning three or more. The proportion of households without a vehicle has fallen since 2011 and is now well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Carine (North Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 60.5% of residents. About 11.7% now work from home, a figure that has risen since 2011 and is well above the Western Australian average.
11.7% ▲ +127.6%
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.9% ▼ -51.1%
Higher than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 5.69 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is higher than most areas. All available public transport is provided by buses, with 1,313.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people, though this is a little below the state figure.
242
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.69
Higher than 73% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,313.5
Higher than 63% of state electorate 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).
10
Lower than 86% of state electorate 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Carine (North Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED51304/carine/topic/transport