2.8% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Eyre Peninsula · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Eyre Peninsula
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 61% of workers in Eyre Peninsula drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on private cars. Most homes here have multiple vehicles, and very few residents have any access to public transport. This makes the area much more car-dependent than the rest of South Australia.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%. The typical household is well-equipped, with 41.1% owning two vehicles and 17.9% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Eyre Peninsula, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use is very low at 0.4%, which is well below the state's 4.1%. While 14.1% of people work from home—well above the South Australian average—this is still well below the national figure of 21%.
14.1% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -26.9%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 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 minimal, with only two stops and one route serving the area. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 2.9, which is far below the South Australian figure of 1,317.
2
Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.29
Lower than 97% 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).
2.9
Lower than 98% 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).
1
Lower than 93% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Eyre Peninsula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/406011130/eyre-peninsula/topic/transport