3.2% ▼ -91.1%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kambalda East · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive gap in working-from-home rates defines the transport landscape in Kambalda East (L). Only 2.3% of workers do so, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%. Most residents here rely on private cars for their daily travel.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership has surged here, with the share of homes without a vehicle falling 32 points since 2011 to just 3.2%. Now, 68.8% of households own either one or two motor vehicles.
3.2% ▼ -91.1%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Kambalda East, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 66.7% as the sole driver and 6.9% as a passenger. Public transport use is among the highest for its area at 4.2%, while working from home is very rare at 2.3%.
2.3% ▲ +3.9%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.2% ▲ +111.7%
Higher than 93% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Kambalda East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521027/kambalda-east/topic/transport