2.6% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kimba · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Kimba
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people in Kimba live without a car than in the rest of South Australia, with only 2.6% of homes lacking a vehicle. This heavy reliance on private transport is reflected in the way people get to work and the very limited public transport options available in the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 36.4% owning two and 22.4% owning three. Only 2.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kimba, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 19.7% of residents, a figure far above the state average of 9.6%. Meanwhile, no one in the area commutes by public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%.
19.7% ▼ -16.8%
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport is very limited, with only one stop and one route serving the area. This is far below the state average, with only 3.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people compared to 1,317.0 across South Australia.
1
Lower than 81% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.96
Lower than 71% 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).
3.9
Lower than 79% 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).
1
Lower than 71% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Kimba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA43220/kimba/topic/transport