3.5% ▼ -39.8%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tanunda · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Tanunda
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 71% of workers in Tanunda rely on driving themselves to get to work. This heavy reliance on cars is reflected in the high number of vehicles per home and a very low use of public transport for commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 39.3% owning two vehicles. Only 3.5% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the South Australian and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Tanunda splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.5%. While those working from home rose to 9.6% since 2011, this is still far below the Australian figure of 21%.
9.6% ▲ +116.1%
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -44.5%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 here, with only 12 stops and 15 routes. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average, and all available services are buses.
12
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.57
Lower than 74% 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).
85.3
Lower than 82% 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).
15
Higher than 78% 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.
The drive time to the city is 52 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. Similarly, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 6 minutes, which is longer than in most places.
6
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
52
Higher than 74% 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).
More for Tanunda
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Tanunda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/405011115/tanunda/topic/transport