Yankalilla · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Yankalilla

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A 60-minute drive to the city makes Yankalilla quite remote compared to most areas. This distance means residents rely heavily on their own cars, with very few people using public transport for their daily travel.

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📍 Yankalilla, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every home in Yankalilla has a car, with only 1.9% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4% and is a decrease from 2011.

1.9% ▼ -50.3%

Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 3.9%
  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 2021: 1.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Yankalilla, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (14%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Very few people use public transport for work, at just 0.7%, which is much lower than most areas. Instead, the most common ways to get to work are driving (59.2%) or working from home (16.1%).

16.1% ▲ +27.2%

Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 12.6%
  • 2016: 12.6%
  • 2021: 16.1%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.7% ▲ +22.7%

Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 0.6%
  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Yankalilla, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 19%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport options are very limited here, with only 14 stops and 3 routes. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian figure.

14

Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

2.15

Lower than 78% 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).

44.3

Lower than 84% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The typical trip to the city takes 60 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

60

Higher than 77% 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 Yankalilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/407011149/yankalilla/topic/transport