Karumba · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Karumba

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

More homes live without a car in Karumba than in most similar areas. While over half of households have one vehicle, there has been a sharp rise in those with no motor vehicle at all, jumping from 0% in 2011 to 7.2% in 2021.

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📍 Karumba, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 51% of homes have one vehicle and 32% have two. The 7.2% of households without a car is a little above the Queensland figure of 5.8%.

7.2% ▲ —

Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 5.5%
  • 2021: 7.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Karumba, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 50%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (7%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the most common way to get to work for 43% of people, while 20% walk. Very few people work from home at 6.2%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%, and no one uses public transport.

6.2% ▼ -12.9%

Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 7.1%
  • 2016: 4.3%
  • 2021: 6.2%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 4.3%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Karumba, Car (driver) is the majority at 56%; Walked is next at 26%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Karumba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322067/karumba/topic/transport