Naracoorte Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Naracoorte Surrounds

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

A striking 26.4% of people in Naracoorte Surrounds work from home, which is far above the South Australian figure. This makes the area very dependent on private cars and home-based work, as public transport is almost non-existent. Most households here own multiple vehicles to get around.

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📍 Naracoorte Surrounds, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high, with only 1.1% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, and most households own two or more cars.

1.1% ▲ +14.9%

Lower than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 0.9%
  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 2021: 1.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Naracoorte Surrounds, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 4 or more (22%) and 3 vehicles (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Very few people use public transport to get to work (0.5%), which is much lower than most areas. Instead, over half of workers drive and 26.4% work from home, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011.

26.4% ▲ +10.1%

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

  • 2011: 24.0%
  • 2016: 26.2%
  • 2021: 26.4%

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

0.5% ▲ +111.3%

Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 0.2%
  • 2016: 0.3%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Naracoorte Surrounds, Car (driver) is the majority at 60%; Worked at home is next at 30%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport access is extremely limited, with only one stop and one route serving the area. This results in just 4.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the South Australian average.

1

Lower than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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

0.42

Lower than 95% 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).

4.2

Lower than 97% 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Naracoorte Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/407021155/naracoorte-surrounds/topic/transport