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Paraburdoo · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Paraburdoo

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

Public transport use for work has jumped by 28 percentage points since 2011 in Paraburdoo. This shift reflects a unique transport landscape where 30.7% of workers now use buses, a figure far above the national average. Most residents rely heavily on private cars, with very few working from home.

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📍 Paraburdoo, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, as only 2.4% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the Australian figure of 7.4% and has fallen since 2011. Nearly half of all households have one car, while about 30% have two.

Homes with no motor vehicle

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2.4% ▼ -51.6%

Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Paraburdoo, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and 3 vehicles (11%).

1 vehicle 48.6% 2 vehicles 30.4% 3 vehicles 11.2% 4 or more 7.0% No vehicle 2.4%

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

About 30.7% of people catch a bus to work, which is far above the 3.1% national figure. In contrast, only 1.4% work from home, a rate far below the Australian average of 21%. Driving is still the most common choice, with 35.2% of people commuting as the driver.

People working from home

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1.4% ▼ -45.7%

Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.

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

Commuting by public transport

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30.7% ▲ +891.5%

Higher than 99% of urban centre 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.

How people get to work

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In Paraburdoo, the largest group is Car (driver) at 45%, followed by Bus (39%) and Car (passenger) (7%).

Car (driver) 35.2% Bus 30.7% Car (passenger) 5.7% Walked 4.2% Bicycle 1.8% Worked at home 1.4%

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 Paraburdoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515029/paraburdoo/topic/transport