4.7% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Southern Mallee · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Southern Mallee
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 62% of workers in Southern Mallee drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars. Most homes here own multiple vehicles, and almost no one uses public transport to get to their jobs. This makes the area's transport landscape very dependent on private travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 36.6% of households own two vehicles, while 12.5% have four or more. Only 4.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4% and has barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Southern Mallee, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nobody in the area commutes by public transport, a figure well below the national average of 3.1%. Around 12.4% of people work from home, which is a little above the South Australian figure but fell by 6.6 percentage points since 2011.
12.4% ▼ -34.8%
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
There are 8.59 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the South Australian average. However, these are only bus services and the number of weekly departures is far below the state 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.
8.59
Higher than 94% 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).
62.7
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).
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 Southern Mallee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA47290/southern-mallee/topic/transport