1.9% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Renmark Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Renmark Surrounds
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Public transport use has risen since 2011 in Renmark Surrounds, though cars remain essential. Only 1.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This makes the area much more dependent on private cars than most other places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home here owns a car, and many have several, with 40.1% of households owning two vehicles and 21.8% owning three. Only 1.9% of homes are without a vehicle, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Renmark Surrounds, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 68.5% as the driver. Far fewer people work from home (8.1%) compared to the national figure of 21%, while the 3.1% of people using public transport to commute is a rise from nearly zero in 2011.
8.1% ▲ +8.4%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▲ +1155.9%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.2%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 options are very limited, with only three bus routes and three stops serving the area. This results in just 0.59 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the South Australian average.
3
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.59
Lower than 93% 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).
4.7
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).
3
Lower than 79% 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 Renmark Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/407031168/renmark-surrounds/topic/transport