Renmark Paringa · Council (LGA)

Transport & Vehicles in Renmark Paringa

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Just 12.8 weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people make Renmark Paringa an area where residents rely heavily on their own cars. Most households own at least one vehicle, and very few people work from home compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Renmark Paringa, Council (LGA)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have two cars, and those without a motor vehicle make up 5.7% of the area. This figure is higher than most similar areas, though it has fallen by 1.6 percentage points since 2011.

5.7% ▼ -21.9%

Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 7.3%
  • 2016: 5.8%
  • 2021: 5.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Renmark Paringa splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

About 69.8% of people drive themselves to work, while only 6% work from home, which is far below the national figure. Use of public transport for commuting rose to 2.3% since 2011.

6.0% ▲ +13.2%

Lower than 83% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 5.3%
  • 2016: 5.3%
  • 2021: 6.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

2.3% ▲ +566.7%

Higher than 70% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 0.3%
  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 2.3%

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.

How people get to work

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In Renmark Paringa, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 7%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport options are limited, with only 14 stops and 7 bus routes. The number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people are both far below the South Australian average.

1.43

Lower than 67% 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).

12.8

Lower than 67% 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Renmark Paringa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA46670/renmark-paringa/topic/transport