4.3% ▲ +113.6%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Karoonda East Murray · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Karoonda East Murray
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A drive time of 106 minutes to the city marks Karoonda East Murray as a very remote area. Private cars are essential here, as almost no one uses public transport to get to work. A surprising number of residents work from home, which helps explain the lack of daily commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes lack a car, with only 4.3% having no vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, and 32.2% have two vehicles, while 18.4% own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Karoonda East Murray, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 32%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nobody here commutes by public transport, a figure well below both the state and national averages. Instead, 26.0% of people work from home, which is far above the South Australian figure of 9.6%.
26.0% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
While the area has 5.96 public transport stops per 1,000 people, the service is minimal. Weekly departures are far below the state average, with only 7.9 departures per 1,000 people across two bus routes.
6
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.96
Higher than 82% 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).
7.9
Lower than 71% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 106 minutes, which is much higher than most other areas.
106
Higher than 76% 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 Karoonda East Murray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA43080/karoonda-east-murray/topic/transport