4.8% ▼ -22.5%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kangaroo Island · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Kangaroo Island
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport stops per person than almost any other similar area defines the infrastructure of Kangaroo Island. While the region has plenty of stops, very few people actually use them to get to work. Most residents rely on their own cars or work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 38.2% have two. Only 4.8% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little below the national level and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Kangaroo Island splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 13.8% of residents, which is well above the South Australian figure. In contrast, only 0.7% of people use public transport to get to work, which is well below the state and national rates.
13.8% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▲ +444.1%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.1%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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.
Kangaroo Island has 10.83 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the South Australian average of 4.96. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure, with the network consisting of two routes served by buses and ferries.
53
Higher than 55% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.83
Higher than 99% 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).
244.8
Higher than 63% 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).
2
Lower than 67% of council (lga) 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 Kangaroo Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA42750/kangaroo-island/topic/transport