4.8% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Loxton Waikerie · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Loxton Waikerie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for daily life in Loxton Waikerie, where almost 95% of homes own at least one motor vehicle. This reliance on driving is reflected in the very low number of people using public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 38.8% owning two and 25.6% owning three or more. Only 4.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Loxton Waikerie, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to travel, with 69.3% of workers being the main driver. Very few people use public transport (0.3%), which is well below the South Australian figure, and 8.3% work from home, which is far below the national rate.
8.3% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -31.3%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport options are limited to buses, with just 1.97 stops per 1,000 people. This is far below the state average, and the number of weekly departures is also far below the South Australian figure.
23
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.97
Lower than 63% 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).
12.7
Lower than 68% 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).
10
Higher than 57% 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 Loxton Waikerie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA43790/loxton-waikerie/topic/transport