71.1% ▲ +705.6%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 71.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kalumburu · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 80% of working residents walk to their jobs in Kalumburu, making it a place where most people don't rely on cars. This is a stark contrast to most of Australia, as the number of homes without a motor vehicle has climbed sharply to 71.1%.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Far more homes here lack a car than in the rest of Western Australia, a figure that rose 62 percentage points since 2011. Only 21.7% of households own a single vehicle, while no homes have three or more.
71.1% ▲ +705.6%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Kalumburu, No vehicle is the majority at 71%; 1 vehicle is next at 22%.
How people travel to work.
Working from home is non-existent here, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Public transport use has also fallen to 0.0%, consistent with the fact that the vast majority of people simply walk to work.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Kalumburu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522032/kalumburu/topic/transport