3.0% ▼ -45.9%
Lower than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Goyder · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Goyder
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes live without a car in Goyder than in most other areas. Only 3.0% of households lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This heavy reliance on cars is clear across the region, where most people drive to work and public transport is rarely used.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home has a car, with 35.8% owning two vehicles and 12.7% owning four or more. The proportion of homes with no motor vehicle has fallen to 3.0%, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Goyder splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 61.4% of people, while 16.4% work from home, which is well above the South Australian average. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.2%.
16.4% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -47.0%
Lower than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 is limited to buses, with 19 stops and 6 routes across the area. While the number of stops per 1,000 people is about the same as the state average, weekly departures are far below the South Australian figure.
19
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.68
Higher than 68% 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).
23.2
Lower than 59% 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).
6
Lower than 52% 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.
Getting into the city is a significant journey, with a typical drive time of 195 minutes. This is among the highest drive times for areas at this level.
195
Higher than 98% 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 Goyder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA42110/goyder/topic/transport