2.9% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Streaky Bay · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Streaky Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the workforce in Streaky Bay drives to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on private cars. Only 2.9% of homes lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. This high level of car ownership is a key part of how people get around the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 38.2% owning two and 29.1% having three or more. The proportion of homes without a vehicle has fallen since 2011 to 2.9%, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Streaky Bay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is more common here than in most similar areas, accounting for 14.8% of workers. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.7%, which is well below the South Australian average of 4.1%.
14.8% ▲ +18.6%
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▲ +43.0%
Lower than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 very limited in Streaky Bay, with only one bus route and three stops. This results in 3.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state average.
3
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.39
Lower than 68% 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).
3.7
Lower than 79% 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).
1
Lower than 71% 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 Streaky Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA47490/streaky-bay/topic/transport