3.6% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Northern Areas · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Northern Areas
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very little has changed in the way people get around Northern Areas since 2011. Car ownership remains dominant, and only 0.3% of workers use public transport to commute. This reliance on private vehicles is mirrored by a public transport network that is far smaller than the state average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for South Australia and Australia. Most households have at least two vehicles, with 37% owning exactly two and 12.3% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Northern Areas, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 14.4% of residents, which is well above the South Australian figure. However, the vast majority rely on cars, and the 0.3% who use public transport for work is well below both state and national levels.
14.4% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 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.
Public transport is limited to four bus routes, with no trains or trams available. This is reflected in the weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the South Australian figure.
17
Lower than 56% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.73
Higher than 55% 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).
7.9
Lower than 71% 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).
4
Lower 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 Northern Areas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA45120/northern-areas/topic/transport