3.3% ▼ -19.5%
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mid Murray · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Mid Murray
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Mid Murray relies on a private car to get around, with only 3.3% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving is clear in the daily commute, as 63.5% of workers drive themselves to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, as the number of homes without a vehicle is well below both the state and national figures. About 63% of households own either two or more vehicles, and the proportion of car-free homes fell slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Mid Murray splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work, with only 0.3% doing so. This is much lower than most areas, though 11.5% of the workforce now works from home, a small increase since 2011.
11.5% ▲ +12.4%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -36.6%
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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.
While the area has 47 public transport stops and 12 routes, services are infrequent. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian figure, and all available services are buses.
47
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.13
Higher than 74% 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).
28.6
Lower than 57% 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).
12
Higher than 60% 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.
Daily travel in Mid Murray involves long distances, with a typical drive time to the city of 157 minutes. This is among the highest for similar areas.
157
Higher than 92% 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 Mid Murray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA44210/mid-murray/topic/transport