2.0% ▼ -49.2%
Lower than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Yankalilla · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Yankalilla
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer households without cars than most other areas is the standout trend for Yankalilla, where only 2% of homes have no motor vehicle. This reflects a shift since 2011 as car ownership has increased. Most residents now rely on private vehicles to get around, while a growing number of people work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 39.9% of homes owning two vehicles and 7.5% owning four or more. Only 2% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below both the South Australian and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Yankalilla splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive themselves to work, while 14.8% work from home, which is well above the South Australian figure. Very few people use public transport to commute, at just 0.8%, a rate that has barely changed since 2011.
14.8% ▲ +32.8%
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▲ +43.2%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 options are limited, with only 3 routes and 14 stops. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average, and the available services are split between buses and ferries.
14
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.40
Lower than 59% 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).
49.4
Lower than 53% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical drive time to the city is 72 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this type.
72
Higher than 57% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Yankalilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA48750/yankalilla/topic/transport