2.0% ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Light · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Light
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people live without a car in Light than in most other areas. Only 2% of homes have no motor vehicle, making the area heavily dependent on private transport. This reliance is clear in the way people travel, with very few residents using public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own multiple cars, with 38.9% having two and 19.7% having three. Only 2% of households are without a vehicle, which is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Light, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, as only 0.4% of people use public transport—a figure well below the state average. Working from home is also less common here than across Australia, at 9.4%.
9.4% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -30.5%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 in this area, with only 22.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state figure. There are 28 stops across 8 routes, all of which are bus services.
28
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.86
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
22.5
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
8
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city takes longer here than in most areas, with a typical drive time of 48 minutes.
48
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Light [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/405011111/light/topic/transport