5.6% —
Higher than 57% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rest of SA · Capital City
Transport & Vehicles in Rest of SA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Dependence on private cars is a way of life in Rest of SA, where very few people can rely on public transport to get around. While only 5.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, public transport use is extremely low at just 0.7% for those commuting to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 36.4% having two vehicles and 14.5% having three. The proportion of homes without a vehicle is 5.6%, which is a little below the state and national figures and has barely changed since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Rest of SA splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work almost always involves a car, as only 0.7% of people use public transport, which is much lower than most areas. Working from home is used by 8.9% of the workforce, a figure that rose slightly since 2016 but remains far below the national figure of 21%.
8.9% —
Lower than 56% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% —
Lower than 86% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport options are very limited, with only 3.27 stops per 1,000 people, which is well below the South Australian average. This lack of access is reflected in the weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state figure.
1,277
Lower than 77% of capital city areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.27
Lower than 77% of capital city areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
100.2
Lower than 88% of capital city areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
151
Lower than 55% of capital city areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Rest of SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/4RSAU/rest-of-sa/topic/transport