Lower Eyre Peninsula · Council (LGA)

Transport & Vehicles in Lower Eyre Peninsula

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost no one relies on public transport in Lower Eyre Peninsula, with zero transport stops or routes recorded across the region. This is a place where cars are essential, and very few households get by without one.

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📍 Lower Eyre Peninsula, Council (LGA)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 1.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the South Australian and national averages. Most households own multiple cars, with 43.3% having two and another 33% owning three or more.

1.1% ▼ -48.1%

Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 2.2%
  • 2016: 1.8%
  • 2021: 1.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Lower Eyre Peninsula, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way people get to work, while only 0.3% use public transport. This is much lower than most areas, though 11.4% of the workforce stays home to work, which is a little above the state figure.

11.4% ▼ -1.9%

Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 11.7%
  • 2016: 10.4%
  • 2021: 11.4%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.3% ▼ -54.5%

Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 0.6%
  • 2016: 0.9%
  • 2021: 0.3%

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.

How people get to work

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In Lower Eyre Peninsula, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Worked at home is next at 14%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is non-existent here, with zero stops and zero routes. This is far below the South Australian average and much lower than most other similar areas.

0.00

Lower 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Lower Eyre Peninsula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA43710/lower-eyre-peninsula/topic/transport