2.3% —
Lower than 93% of state electorate areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kalamunda (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Kalamunda (East Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few households in Kalamunda get by without a car, making it one of the most vehicle-reliant areas in its class. Only 2.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This heavy reliance on cars is reflected in the daily commute, where nearly 64% of workers drive themselves to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 40.7% of homes owning two vehicles and 15.2% owning four or more. The 2.3% of homes without a vehicle is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the 7.4% national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kalamunda (East Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant choice, while only 2.2% of people use public transport to get to work. Working from home is common for 10.6% of the workforce, which is well above the Western Australian figure but far below the national average.
10.6% —
Lower than 62% of state electorate areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% —
Lower than 54% of state electorate areas.
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 9.32 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, the 1,118.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the state figure, and all services are provided by buses.
368
Higher than 75% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.32
Higher than 99% 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).
1,118.2
Higher than 55% 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).
18
Lower than 72% 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 Kalamunda (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED52702/kalamunda/topic/transport