48.5% ▲ +358.7%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kiwirrkurra · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Half of the working population in Kiwirrkurra drive themselves to work, but the area is defined by a sharp rise in households without cars. Nearly half of all homes now have no motor vehicle, a figure that has climbed significantly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost half of all homes (48.5%) have no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure of 7.4%. This is one of the highest rates for this level of area and has risen by 38 points since 2011.
48.5% ▲ +358.7%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Kiwirrkurra, No vehicle is the majority at 55%; 1 vehicle is next at 45%.
How people travel to work.
Walking is a common way to get to work for 46.2% of residents. No one in the area uses public transport or works from home, which is well below both the state and national figures.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
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 Kiwirrkurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522034/kiwirrkurra/topic/transport