6.8% ▼ -19.1%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Murray Bridge · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Murray Bridge
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 70% of working residents in Murray Bridge rely on driving themselves to get to their jobs. This heavy reliance on cars is clear, as very few people work from home or use public transport. While most homes own at least one vehicle, the area is quite far from the city, making driving the primary way to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the national figure. Most households own one or two cars, though 9.5% of homes have four or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Murray Bridge splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport for work, with only 0.3% doing so, which is well below the state average. Working from home is also uncommon at 6.3%, a figure far below the national average of 21%.
6.3% ▲ +49.3%
Lower than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -30.3%
Lower than 75% 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 is almost entirely buses, with 30 routes and 63 stops serving the area. However, there are only 65.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the South Australian figure.
63
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.91
Lower than 54% 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).
65.3
Lower than 51% 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).
30
Higher than 77% 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.
Getting into the city takes a long time, with a typical drive of 95 minutes. A walk to the nearest transport stop takes around 25 minutes, which is about the same as other similar areas.
25
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
95
Higher than 69% 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).
More for Murray Bridge
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Murray Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA45040/murray-bridge/topic/transport