Kalumburu · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Kalumburu

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%.

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📍 Kalumburu, Urban Centre

Vehicles

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.

  • 2011: 8.8%
  • 2016: 60.0%
  • 2021: 71.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Kalumburu, No vehicle is the majority at 71%; 1 vehicle is next at 22%.

Getting to work

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.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.6%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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 Kalumburu, Walked is the majority at 81%; Car (passenger) 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 Kalumburu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522032/kalumburu/topic/transport