3.4% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Alexandrina · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Alexandrina
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer than 4% of households lack a car in Alexandrina, a rate much lower than most similar areas. This heavy reliance on private cars is reflected in the way people travel for work and the limited reach of local public transport services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 37.2% owning two and 14.9% owning three. Only 3.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Alexandrina splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, as only 0.7% of people use public transport, a figure well below the South Australian average. More people are working from home now, with 11.9% doing so, up from 7.4% in 2011.
11.9% ▲ +62.4%
Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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 limited to buses, with only 1.22 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the state average. This lack of access is further shown by the same gap in weekly departures.
35
Higher than 50% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.22
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
32.4
Lower than 56% of council (lga) 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).
13
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical drive time to the city is 58 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this level.
58
Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Alexandrina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA40220/alexandrina/topic/transport