Papulankutja · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Papulankutja

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

Daily travel in Papulankutja (L) is largely local, with 62.2% of homes now having no motor vehicle. This is a far higher figure than across Western Australia and represents a sharp increase from 2011. Most people rely on walking or shared car trips to get around this small area.

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📍 Papulankutja, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

A huge 62.2% of households here have no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure of 7.4%. This is a significant change, as the number of homes without a vehicle rose by 59 points since 2011.

62.2% ▲ +2122.3%

Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.8%
  • 2016: 87.0%
  • 2021: 62.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Papulankutja, No vehicle is the majority at 61%; 1 vehicle is next at 32%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Walking is the most common way to get to work, used by 44.1% of people. This helps explain why 0.0% use public transport and no one works from home, both of which are well below the state and national figures.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.9%
  • 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: 3.2%
  • 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 Papulankutja, Walked is the majority at 58%; Car (driver) is next at 27%.

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 Papulankutja [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522053/papulankutja/topic/transport