10.3% ▼ -18.9%
Higher than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Peterborough · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Peterborough
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 60% of people in Peterborough drive themselves to work, making cars the dominant way to get around. While most homes have at least one vehicle, about 10% of households here have no motor vehicle at all, which is well above the South Australian figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 44% of homes have one vehicle, and 28% have two. The 10.3% of households without a car is much higher than in most areas, though this figure fell 2.4 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Peterborough, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.8% of workers use public transport, which is well below the state average. Working from home is also uncommon at 8.2%, a figure that is far below the national average and fell slightly since 2011.
8.2% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▲ —
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.8%
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, with only five stops and seven routes available. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure, and all available services are buses.
5
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.05
Lower than 52% 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).
11.0
Lower than 69% 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).
7
Higher than 50% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Peterborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA45540/peterborough/topic/transport