5.5% ▼ -22.2%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Victor Harbor · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Victor Harbor
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer than 1 in 1,000 workers use public transport to commute in Victor Harbor, a figure well below the South Australian average. This reliance on private cars is mirrored by the low number of public transport services available compared to the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own at least one car, with 79.6% having two or more vehicles. Only 5.5% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Victor Harbor, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work, with 62.8% of people driving. While 11.3% of residents work from home—a figure that rose by 4.5 percentage points since 2011—this remains well below the national rate of 21%.
11.3% ▲ +66.3%
Lower than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -52.5%
Lower than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 buses, with no trains, trams, or ferries. There are 42 stops across 7 routes, but the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian figure.
42
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.60
Lower than 57% 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).
77.0
Higher 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).
7
Higher than 50% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical drive time to the city is 65 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this level.
65
Higher than 54% of council (lga) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Victor Harbor
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Victor Harbor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA48050/victor-harbor/topic/transport