Kalbarri · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Kalbarri

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

Far fewer people rely on public transport or work from home in Kalbarri compared to the national figures. Most residents here depend on private cars to get around, with very few households lacking a vehicle. This creates a transport landscape that is much more car-dependent than the average Australian town.

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📍 Kalbarri, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes in Kalbarri have at least one car, with 39.5% owning two and 39.3% owning one. Only 3.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

3.9% ▲ +3.7%

Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.7%
  • 2016: 6.4%
  • 2021: 3.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Kalbarri splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (39%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 50.9% of people as the driver. Only 5.3% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%, and just 1.7% use public transport.

5.3% ▲ +361.0%

Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.1%
  • 2016: 6.6%
  • 2021: 5.3%

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

1.7% ▼ -56.4%

Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.9%
  • 2016: 2.8%
  • 2021: 1.7%

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 Kalbarri, Car (driver) is the majority at 67%; Walked is next at 12%.

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 Kalbarri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515017/kalbarri/topic/transport