4.3% ▼ -22.9%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wattle Range · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Wattle Range
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive gap in public transport separates Wattle Range from the rest of the state, with only 0.1% of workers using it to commute. Most households rely heavily on private cars, and very few residents have access to regular transit services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as only 4.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own at least two vehicles, with 37.1% having exactly two and 27.2% owning three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wattle Range, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 66.5% of residents. While 9.8% work from home, this is far below the national figure of 21.0%, and almost no one uses public transport to commute.
9.8% ▲ +16.4%
Lower than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.1% ▼ -90.1%
Lower than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.1%
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, with only 0.34 stops per 1,000 people, a figure far below the South Australian average. The system is small, consisting of just three bus routes and four stops in total.
4
Lower than 70% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.34
Lower than 81% 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).
2.5
Lower than 81% 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).
3
Lower than 62% 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 Wattle Range [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA48340/wattle-range/topic/transport