3.7% ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Yorke Peninsula - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Yorke Peninsula - South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people live without a car in Yorke Peninsula - South compared to the rest of the country. Only 3.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. This heavy reliance on private cars is reflected in how people get to work and the limited use of public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 39.9% owning two and 13.6% owning three. The proportion of households without a vehicle has fallen slightly since 2011 and remains much lower than in most other areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Yorke Peninsula - South splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 57% of residents, while only 0.7% use public transport, a figure well below the South Australian average. About 12.4% of people work from home, which is a little above the state figure but well below the national trend.
12.4% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▲ +31.4%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
While the area has more bus stops per 1,000 people than the state average, services are very infrequent. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian figure, reflecting a transport system that relies entirely on buses.
23
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.55
Higher than 68% 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).
15.0
Lower than 89% 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).
7
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Yorke Peninsula - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/405041128/yorke-peninsula-south/topic/transport